Craig Edwards on thu 5 jul 12
I just finished reading a nice book on tea. "The Korean Way of Tea" is it's
name. The ISBN # is978-89-91913-17-2 If you are of the ilk that makes
tea ware or are just interested in tea this book is a good read. The book
is good at putting a historical context to what is going on with tea at the
present and how Korean tea culture survived all the turmoil of
the twentieth century.
There are many books on Chinese tea and Japanese tea culture, it seems to
be a little more difficult to find ones the give a perspective on the
middle kingdom.
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Make Good Pots
~Craig
New London MN
http://woodfiredpottery.blogspot.com/
Lee on thu 5 jul 12
I second Craig's recommendation!
I picked up my first copy in Insadong, but decided to give it
to Euan Craig when I visited him in Minakami a couple months ago.
After deciding to do that, I realized I needed a copy for my
presentation in Korea at the Mungyeong Tea Bowl Festival. So I order
it at the link provided in the book. You can get it at Amazon, but
it is cheaper directly from the publisher:
http://www.seoulselection.com/usa/product.php?id_product=3D3D67
One of the interesting things I learned last year from a
Korean teamaster:
I always wondered why the tradition of powdered tea disappeared in
China and Korea: The second Ming Emperor band brick tea and powdered
tea. He also required that Confucinism replace Buddhism. In
Korea, all the Buddhist temples were destroyed. Buddhism and powdered
tea only survived in Korea, protected by hermit priests in the
mountains.
You can see a photo of the tea master, her students and the
international guest potters here, from 2011:
http://chasabel.blogspot.com/2011_05_01_archive.html
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Lee Love in Minneapolis
http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/
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land of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent
within itself." -- John O'Donohue
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