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Kyoto Journal - Issue #71: Tea

The Kyoto Journal is a unique quarterly magazine that explores the world of culture and art. This special issue is devoted to tea, with contributions made by tea experts and connoisseurs alike. Interviews, essays, translations, fiction, and poetry, are accompanied by memorable photos, artwork and design. This limited edition print has articles from Sebastian Beckwith and tea lover friends. Read about Darjeelings, adventures in the tea trade, Uji greens, tea history and processing, gong fu teaware, the evolution of pu-erhs, and much much more. No hype, minimal advertising, maximum reading value.

Softcover:91 pgs

Published Date: Jan 2009

Price $12.00


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This issue was guest edited by Gaetano Kazuo Maida, executive director of the nonprofit Tea Arts Institute, former organizer of the American Premium Tea Institute and publisher of the industry journal Tea Trade.

Some articles that are featured in this issue:

Adventures in the Tea Trade by tea merchants Winnie Yu and Sebastian Beckwith
Notes and images from around the tea world, from southeast Asia, China and India

Baisao: The Old Tea Seller by Norman Waddell
The 18th century Zen priest/poet-cum tea seller who helped introduce sencha to Japan

Darjeeling by Kevin Gascoyne
An introduction to India's "champagne of tea" by a Canadian expert

Yixing Ware by Terese Tse Bartholomew
The basics of the "purple sand" ceramics at the heart of gongfu tea ceremony

Sri Lanka Pilgrimage by Matteo Pistono
Civil war adds drama to the tea and Buddhism on the island of Serindip

The Name Game by Winnie Yu
There are over a thousand tea names in China alone; how do we keep track?

Ming Horses, Tea and the Third Dalai Lama by Martha Avery
History, religion and commerce on the crossroads of Asia

Uji Green by Amanda Mayer Stinchecum
The oldest green tea area of Japan is still going strong

Lu T’ung and The Song of Tea by Steven D. Owyoung
The famous T'ung Dynasty tea poem and its author, in depth

Masala Chai by Matteo Pistono
Take-out tea with a whole new meaning

Pu-er by Wing Chi Ip, Ming Yi Wang, Roy Fong
Three tea masters illuminate the mysterious "black" tea of Yunnan

The Gaiwan by Winnie Yu
There's more than one way to make a pot of tea

Teahouse Renaissance in Taipei by Donna Lo
Chinese tea traditions survived Mao by thriving on Taiwan
 

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Russian tealovers want to get wis magazin too ;) April 17, 2009
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