The Future of Chinese Tea Ceremony


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Where is Gongfu Cha going? It is inarguably a dying art; while tea is resurgently popular, tea ceremony is a niche praxis practiced by few, mastered by fewer, and insufficiently culturally-prevalent to support the related arts necessary for its progression. Whereas the practice and consumption of tea historically supported innovations in tea farming, tea ceramics, and tea metallurgy[1], it is likely that today’s shrinking practitioner base maintains an insufficient level of education necessary to sustain the praxis or allow for its progression.

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