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December 2008 
TEA
Posted on Jun 24th, 2008
by 
Samme
Samme
The Art of Tea
What are your favorite flavors and kinds of tea? Some of my favorites are green tea, peppermint, chrysanthemum tea (which has a natural sweet taste), roiboos tea (from Africa), Ti Quan Yin, Darjeeling, Assam and many more. I like all kinds of tea. I enjoy tasting, selecting and buying tea in Asian Markets. Have you had flowering tea?
THE BOOK OF TEA by Okakura Kakuzo
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A Ming Dynasty painting by artist Wen Zhengming illustrating scholars greeting in a tea ceremony
TEA & POETRY (from the Tang Dynasty)
What are your favorite flavors and kinds of tea? Some of my favorites are green tea, peppermint, chrysanthemum tea (which has a natural sweet taste), roiboos tea (from Africa), Ti Quan Yin, Darjeeling, Assam and many more. I like all kinds of tea. I enjoy tasting, selecting and buying tea in Asian Markets. Have you had flowering tea?
THE BOOK OF TEA by Okakura Kakuzo
source
A Ming Dynasty painting by artist Wen Zhengming illustrating scholars greeting in a tea ceremony
1000 Day Flower Blooming Tea
TEA & POETRY (from the Tang Dynasty)
Tender and Fragrant
Tea is Adored by Monks and Poets.
Prepared in White Jade Dishes Couched in Softest Red Silk,
the Topaz-hued Leaves Growing in the Fields are Yours in a Trice;
Ready to Accompany You to Enjoy the Bright Moon of Night and to Greet the Rosy Clouds of Early Dawn.
Never in Ancient or Modern Times Has One Ever Been Tired of Taking it --
Never Can it Be Praised Too Much in the Presence of Those Who Love to Be Drinking!
English translation by Ms. An Yu-bin, Shandong Province, PR China -- Spring 1996
tea and poetry
i'm with friends and company
sipping gleefully
samme s.s.
i'm with friends and company
sipping gleefully
samme s.s.
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Beautiful Samme~ We need a podcast with you on this site someday soon!
Thank you Kathy. Mine would be on poetry, haiku and ancient translated works of poetry from China, Japan and India. love and blessings,
Samme
uuuhmm, what a delightful lovely inspiring & greatly composed piece on tea..
thank you Samme, I enjoyed the journey & having a nice cup of vanilla ginger
green tea to go with it.. I had this tea once that goes bright blue for a wee while,
maybe you know the name of it? love & joy tara
Thank you tara. i know raggedy ann andy beary blue hot chocolate that turns blue but not tea
http://www.teawithgrace.com/images/10422.jpg
enjoy,
samme