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The author and editorial team behind the book "An Introduction to the Art and Science of Chinese Tea Ceremony" (teatechnique.org) discuss and debate each weeks publication.
Editorial Conversation: AMA #1 Paid Members Public
A great thanks to all the listeners and subscribers who joined us for our very first AMA with the editorial team! We discussed tea, books, cooking, tips for beginning tea practitioners, and how we drink and write on most days. You can listen to the event here: The show is
Editorial Conversation: Book 1 - Chapter 2: The Primacy of Perception in the Propagation of Praxes Paid Members Public
The primacy of experience denotes that knowledge derived first-hand is superior to knowledge derived second hand, which itself is superior to each subsequent passing.
Editorial Conversation: Book 1 - Chapter 4, Section 4: Schools, Tests, and Competitions in Chinese Tea Ceremony? Paid Members Public
Numerous schools exist to teach Gongfu Cha or other contemporary reinterpretations of “Chinese tea ceremony” – none could be considered dominant or standard.
Editorial Conversations: Book 1 - Chapter 4, Section 3: Bottom Up Paid Members Public
A re-examination of Chanoyu, wine, and coffee, can reveal a parallel set of “bottom up”(practitioner and merchant) driven modernizations that have progressed their respective praxes.
Editorial Conversations: Book 1 - Chapter 4, Section 2: Top Down Paid Members Public
Schools: The development and acceptance of centralized schools can be attributed to the lack of alternative repositories of knowledge in earlier times.
Editorial Conversations: Book 1 - Chapter 4, Section 1: How do other Praxes Progress their Techne Paid Members Public
The show is also available on YouTube [https://youtu.be/LDyRhirsP8U] and Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0045GU8ZzPjrKa7Yuvw5PK]. Errata * 4:59 - Ryan is referencing the Chado Urasenke Tankokai Philadelphia Association (https://phillytea.org/) and Willi Singleton ( https://www.willisingleton.com/). * 14:09 - The san-senke schools have not
Editorial Conversations: Book 1 - Chapter 4: The Future of Chinese Tea Ceremony Paid Members Public
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.
Editorial Conversation: Book 1 - Chapter 1, Section 1: Levels in Practice Paid Members Public
Serendipity, experimentation, and chance cannot be ignored as a function of the development of practice; individuals do not inhabit a single level at a time – the borders and boundaries are fuzzy, and the education of a practitioner non-linear.