Cha Dao

What is Cha Dao, the way of tea? What does the way of tea means in life?
In general, what people observe are complex processes that have been emphasised over years from people before us to practice in tea ceremony.
But does that mean one is able to comprehend the philosophical teaching behind each step? Does that mean one really understand what tea is and what to learn from tea through the practice of tea ceremony?
There is no right or wrong in answer, because it ups to each individual to make her/his own choice based on the individual enlightenment.
Nevertheless, it is important for those who would like to deepen learning in life through tea to face her/his own self and asks the following question, which is more important?
The complex procedures in tea ceremony?
The pure quality, authentic flavors and tastes of tea?
The mind set and intention of the present moment?
or, is it about how to embed heart in tea?
or, understand how the flavours and taste reflect in tea is heart?
Mei Lan Hsiao, Antwerp/Belgium,  26/11/2018
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By Mei Lan Hsiao

Even though her family has nothing to do with tea, but she learnt the importance of consuming tea correctly in daily healthy diet based on the Chinese traditional medicine principles in Yin-Yang and 5 elements from her family when she was very young. She entered the tea learning in Taiwan since 1985, left her root because of marriage in 1991 helped her to expand her learning from original inward-out views to 360 degree. She started to promote the authentic knowledge about tea and wisdom in Chinese tea culture in Belgium since 1995. Tea has always been and will continue be her best teacher. In front of Nature and Tea, she remains as an innocent child, a life-time learning student.

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