Author Archives for Fumiko Sasaki
Tea Melodies by Tealosophy
Painting with fragrance and sound ……
Tealosophy“>Tealosophy CD by Ines’ Berton provides music for a sanguine reflection perhaps on the sound of tea and its ancient streams of inspiration. Ines Berton is a painter from Argentina who founded the successful tea company called “Tealosophy” based in Buenos Aires with beautiful shops in Spain. Tealosophy’s […]
Hold On, Honey! Honey’s on the go….
Those translucent to-go tubes filled with delightful honey varietals, even some infused with fruits, always seemed like a sweet idea to me, yet somehow the honey never ended up in my tea. Instead I managed to sip on the tubes after giving up on squeezing it successfully into my cup.
Then I came across these Honibe […]
Pierre Marcolini … Maestro of a Cocoa and Tea Varnished Spring!
Spring has arrived! Spring Glorious Spring! There are so many occasions of divinity in life which may require a petite celebration. A milestone achieved is perfectly distinguished when enrobed in chocolate varnish. A secret admirer gives you chocolate to speak words only cocoa can articulate. On Valentines, chocolate is hallmarked by red foiled moulin rouge. […]
Green Tea Leprecauns and Shamrocks
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day with a green tea twist!
Delicate green tea cookies alongside a delicate Bailey’s creme mini cheesecake … even leprechauns would approve! I could not resist this breathtaking homage to Saint Pat. Which tea can you sip, that even a spoon stands up alone in the cuppa brew?
Delicate Baileys Irish Cream Cheesecake
Irish Creme cheese […]
Whistling Dixie at the Modern Art Museum…
My quest for the perfect tea has also led me to find Eva Ziesel. Eva Ziesel has made a significant contribution to making this world a little bit curvier in her 100+ years on earth. This kettle caught my eye today as I was traipsing through the Modern Art Museum gift shop.
Noted industrial designer Eva Ziesel […]
Tea Fairy Flower Makes Tea Graceful for the Little Ones!
Feel the power of the Tea Flower!
Please don’t tell Grace, my 10 year old niece! This is what she is getting for her next caffeine-free tea party with her puppy, Chado. (She chose the name “Chado” after the tea ceremony of the same name.) She already wants to be a chef, but lets […]
Andao’s Organic Golden Yunnan Elegant Velvet Leaves
Discover the artifact-ual Tea Treasures of Yunnan. A Forgotten Waltzing
Dragon transforms your Tea pot into a musical jewelry box full of wonders…
Yunnan Province is considered the birthplace of all tea. Evolutionary tea roots are alive today within the “Jing Mai Ancient Tea Forests”, home to our ancestral tea trees. Some of the oldest tea trees […]
How About a Nice Cuppa Oxygen?
Please do not disturb! My water bottle is meditating… It’s OGO, “The Breathing Water.”
Ahhh yes….. I think my water bottle is coming out of its deep state of meditation in oxygen absorbtion! Has it attained a higher state? Hopefully it won’t say “Just breathe, you feel me?” It is saying, “The wisdom of the way […]
Find the Sanctuary of Tea Cuisine in Soho
Artful Tea Cuisine
A unique New York tea varietal called Sanctuary Tea
Sanctuary Tea is like a tea house within a sacred tree house. Leave your cares and your troubles far away sipping tea in the sky between the branches… A delicate wooden sweetness of haute serene architecture entwines one within the scent of fresh tea leaves. Although it is on the ground level, you feel as though […]
The Tao of Podunk
I overheard the owner Elspeth say, “Don’t outsource your soul”
It’s a sassy tea room in the East Village, NYC sporting a sort of slang Colonial tea gone into the wilderness with 1940’s Jazz. There is an invisible shroud of incense which can ignite a sort of “cronos dysphoria”. Cronos meaning “time”, I […]
