It's one of those small world things... a good friend of mine has another friend who happens to be starting a tea biz.  Old friend int...

Architect Kengo Kuma in front of  the Jordan Schnitzer Japanese Arts Learning Center It's an exciting and important weekend here in...

Shiuwen Tai of Floating Leaves Tea in Pinglin, Taiwan It is from Shiuwen that I have learned the most about Oolong tea, particularly T...

T oday I would like to introduce you to Jennifer Brenner . She is leading the effort to bring a tea festival to Portland, and I am so exc...

For International Women's Month, I am featuring some of the hard-working and cool women who are leading the cause of tea. I'm star...

Sometimes when I'm drinking tea alone, I will pour a second cup and invite someone special to join me in spirit. This time, I invit...

I recently had the chance to spend a lovely hour and a half at   Shakespeare Corner Shoppe & Afternoon Tea in San Diego . You might...

 Here's another version of "iced tea!"  :-)  The Pacific Northwest has had quite the number of winter weather events this...

I've decided that I need moments of creativity every day, or at least nearly every day.  They can be spontaneous. They can be b...

Beautiful views of the interior garden at the Toraya Cafe One of my favorite experiences while in Kyoto was wandering little streets,...

I'm missing a lot about Japan, including Japanese breakfasts. Here are some examples of what we enjoyed. These photos make my mouth wat...

I recently visited Kyoto, Japan with my Chado (Japanese Tea Ceremony) Sensei and three other students.  I learned so much about Chado an...