It was mid october when I tried a cake I bought from a taiwanese merchant, this was my reaction: (examining the cake) “300 year old trees, yeah right, like the other thousand teas” (opening the cake) “ooh, it does smell nice and strong” (after a few cups) uh…this is very good, what is it? wrapper […]
On Panic buying “exclusive” Tea
It’s a fact that good Tea sells out often and rises in price every year, however there are many different ways in which tea vendors can release and talk about Tea, some of which make it seem more exclusive than it actually is and induce more panic buying. There will be new teas, and as […]
Tea as Space
In short: my Tea practice allows me to forget the stories about myself. And I find it very satisfying because the constant thinking of “I’m like this” or “I need to solve that” is exhausting. What I believe is true, is true. If I believe life will be a struggle, it will be. If I […]
Breathe… have some Tea
Like muddy water clears when you stop agitating it, letting the mud drop to the bottom on its own. Keep on thinking about the problem will only make it more confused, more urgent, more desperate. And you probably experienced that making a decision in a confused state of mind will often make you choose a […]
Our story
This is us with Metta (our pet-therapy-in-training pup, her name means “Loving Kindness”/”Universal Love”, the chief virtue of Buddhism). There’s also Vajra (cat, his name is a symbol of Vajrayana Buddhism), and many friends and volunteer that help us and you’ll see often. Paolo I discovered Buddhist Meditation back in 2013, or perhaps it discovered […]
Tea Poetry
Tea is balance – it brings a degree of presence and mindfulness in the whole of my life. More and more, I find myself very still without particularly trying. Tea is a lover I never have seen the real depths of fully, I never can, the more I see the more She lets me know […]