http://karendunlap.org Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:01:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm headed to Galicia, in the Northwest of Spain. Googling around to see if there might be teahouses to visit, I found this advice on Galicia Guide: If you like tea, bring your own. To make matters worse, even when you speak Spanish and order a tea at a bar, the ... http://karendunlap.org/2010/08/taza-de-te-my-summer-vacation-to-galicia/ An iris pond in flower before the ancient hall, I sell tea this evening by the water's edge; it is steeped in the cup with the moon and stars one sip, you wake forever from your worldly sleep. --Baisao http://karendunlap.org/2010/07/312/ We are all searching for moments when time stops, opens up. When something deep inside, says hello. Fleeting moments, shy they seem, angels they are. Vanishing as soon as you recognize them. I drink tea because I love to lose myself in the moment. Poets, artists have long been inspired ... http://karendunlap.org/2010/05/tea-sex-part-1/ My friend Heather recently had surgery, and while recovering, rented tons of Pixar movies. Cartoons, she confesses, her indulgence. She asked what I would have watched. Looking around, I said softly, Masterpiece Theater with, ummm, a teapot of Lapsang Souchong. Have to tell you she looked horrified, she a film ... http://karendunlap.org/2010/01/lapsang-souchong/ Waking up to snow, the air is soft and still, delicate. I heat the water kettle, pull snow boots over my flannels and wrap around a scarf. The wind throws open the back door. I carefully walk, slide through the snow to the table, sit down, make tea, and listen ... http://karendunlap.org/2010/01/snow-tea-on-my-back-porch/ My friend Alex, founder of Product Perks, and I have been working on a tea quiz to help people explore different styles of tea and teaware. It's posted up in the corner, and I invite you to take it for a spin. I'll be adding more explanations and changing up ... http://karendunlap.org/2010/01/tea-quiz/ [gallery]I have a small group of friends in New York City that practice gungfu cha. ‘Gungfu’ literally means ‘hard to make’ and cha means ‘tea.’ It’s sometimes referred to as the Chinese Tea Ceremony and it's a way of tasting tea leaves by making multiple infusions in a gaiwan or ... http://karendunlap.org/2009/11/tea-as-muse-with-michael-halsband/ Hojicha is the underdog of Japanese teas. It will never be as beloved as sencha, matcha – or as rare as gyokuro. But, in time, it could take genmaicha. It’s not top shelf, but I have fallen in love with hojicha all the same. It wasn’t always like this, there were ... http://karendunlap.org/2009/11/hojicha/ He held out a lime and said "you can't smell anything until you cut it open. The limes at home (Bangladesh), you can smell without cutting. Even the leaves." In some sort of aha moment, I agreed, remembering how deeply satisfying it was to drink gyokuro in Japan. Could it ... http://karendunlap.org/2009/11/146/ Welcome to my new website! Thanks to my brother, sure support techies, unknown heros who write free code, Ellen, Charles and tea from Ippodo - all the necessities of this girl learning how to build a website. For my first post, I'd like to sing the praises of perhaps ... http://karendunlap.org/2009/09/hello-world/