Podcast
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: 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.
Editorial Conversation: Book 1 - Chapter 3: Use, Disuse, and the Experience of Meaning Paid Members Public
A concerto can exist on a page or it can exist on the stage. The existence of a work is not sufficient for the judgment of its beauty; should you be unable to read sheet music, the notes will fail to sound; it takes an orchestra to raise a concerto for the appreciation of its beauty.
Editorial Conversation: Book 1 - Chapter 1: Levels of Practice Paid Members Public
This editorial conversation discusses Levels of Practice. Our discussion centers on the understanding of the Utilitarian, Structural-Functionalist, Phenomenological levels of practice as applied to Chinese Tea Ceremony.