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TEA JOURNEY
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teajourney.pub Spring 2016
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"Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the
earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future."
– Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh
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Wuyi's Rock Tea:
Treasure Mountain
Wuyi rock tea grower
Yihua Luo keeps a
watchful eye on the
new harvest roast,
the critical final stage
of the most intricate
processing technique of
any tea. He hasn't slept
in 32 hours.
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Higashiyama:
Japan's Tea Grass Garden
In the foothills of Mt. Fuji
lies Chagusaba, an ancient
Japanese tea growing
region amid a golden
sea of waving sasa grass
where aging hands make
an evergreen-colored,
Silver Medal sencha called
temomicha.
A serene morning glow pours over the expansive tea gardens in Yunnan, China. Photo by Photosynthesis Studio.
Cover: A beautiful hill garden in Mei Shan, Fuding, Fujian Province, China. Photo by Qiu, Cha Dao Life magazine.
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A Rendezvous
with Chance
Patterns in glazed
tea bowls from the
imperial Jianyao
Kiln are "mysterious,
sacred and
transcendent"
and some of the most
celebrated national
treasures in Japan.
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In search of the
Elusive Tai Ping Hou Kui
Travel to a nearly
inaccessible growing
region along the remote
Machuan River to discover
an exquisite
hand-rolled, large-leaf
green tea that undergoes a
unique artisanal method
of transformation.
$14.95
