Perhaps you are like me, curious and try to search for the best quality tea and constantly pushing myself to master each step in the tea ceremony perfectly. When look back the past over 30 years of learning and practices of tea, now I realize the beauty in life through tea lies in the straight forwards purity and a moment of simplicity.
It doesn’t matter which name to use, either Cha Dao, tea ceremony or art of tea; it is about preparing, serving and sharing a cup of tea. It is not about mastering something but it is about how to manage the process of meeting with the inner self whenever I can, with or without a cup of tea, because the scent of tea is already in my mind and heart.
Mei Lan Hsiao
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