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Review of Richard Skelton’s The Look Away
Renewal
Psammomancy booklet & CD
Language of Objects book & CD
Fougou – The Boleigh Working

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A time to keep silence; no time to speak, for time is and time was. • Final session of the weekend: the thrill of @bitterleafteas’s Dark Forest 2018 Spring Fengqing Dianhong imbuing the air with shadows, fire and silence. • #instatea #teaceremony #teacommunity #teastagram #gongfucha #scottishgongfu #teapractice #mindfulness #bitterleafteas #darkforest #dianhong #handmade #teaware #ceramics #pottery #instapottery #jiriduchek #keramikaduchek #ondrejsedlak #breacthebadger #paulauster #poetry

Happy weekend everyone. I’m trying some 2018 GǔShù GéDēng from @pu_erh.sk, which Peter was kind enough to send with a recent order; and marvelling at the latest volume of Alterity, which focuses on the work of Jared Lindahl. I steeped the tea longer at points (well, I got distracted by the journal...), and the flavour was fantastic: rich sweetness and a nuttiness that never gave in to bitterness. • This volume of Alterity is about Lindahl’s photographic study of wetlands: “they lie in the blank spaces of the map. Their terrain has been deemed impenetrable, inhospitable, without value. [...] Liminal places for the sacrificial interment of bodies, or the burial of weapons in rites of sympathetic magic.” • #tea #thea #tee #thé #cha #puerhsk #gedeng #puerh #sheng #instatea #teaceremony #teacommunity #teastagram #gongfucha #scottishgongfu #handmade #teaware #ceramics #pottery #woodfired #jiriduchek #keramikaduchek #ondrejsedlak #breacthebadger #alterity #jaredlindahl #corbelstonepress

The simple act of transfer, from one vessel to another; that which passes, passes like clouds. • the tea from @thetea.pl: Mr. Su wild garden Dong Ding: wondrous • #tea #thea #tee #thé #cha #theteapl #oolong #dongding #instatea #teaceremony #teacommunity #teastagram #gongfucha #scottishgongfu #handmade #teaware #ceramics #pottery #woodfired #jiriduchek #keramikaduchek #breacthebadger #nuages

Time today for a second chance with tea, this time a 2007 Xiaguan gold ribbon sheng tuocha. No real complexity but a pleasant, thick brew that swelled to creaminess as it cooled. Breac the badger bids you a thoroughly pleasant Thursday. • #tea #thea #tee #thé #cha #xiaguan #puerh #sheng #tuocha #instatea #teaceremony #teacommunity #teastagram #gongfucha #scottishgongfu #handmade #teaware #ceramics #pottery #woodfired #jiriduchek #keramikaduchek #breacthebadger

The testing of new teaware and the tasting of new tea: heavenly white crackle glaze ware by Jiří Duchek (@keramikaduchek) paired with delicious Lugu charcoal roasted Dong Ding by @thetea.pl from their last #theteaplclub offering. I feel a bit obsessed with these traditionally roasted Dong Ding oolongs, and those offered by Wojciech are exceptional. I hope you’re all enjoying good tea wherever you are today. I’m going back to being mesmerised by the colours in this remarkable jianshui (penultimate pic) - also by Jiří Duchek - and the miniaturised forking pathways of the teapot’s glaze. • #tea #thea #tee #thé #cha #theteapl #oolong #roastedoolong #dongding #instatea #teaceremony #teacommunity #teastagram #gongfucha #scottishgongfu #handmade #teaware #ceramics #pottery #woodfired #jiriduchek #keramikaduchek #ondrejsedlak #breacthebadger

Blue skies and branches reaching; it was time again for Old Warrior shou from @crimsonlotustea. Its exquisite darkness was all I needed today, apart from what’s in the last picture. And the chocolate, well, it’s an approximation, a simulation perhaps, of a much more well known Swiss bar of mountainous proportions. My wife, knowing my taste for all things Lynchian, couldn’t resist buying it for me. • #tea #thea #tee #thé #cha #crimsonlotustea #oldwarriorshoupuerh #shou #puerh #instatea #teaceremony #teacommunity #teastagram #gongfucha #scottishgongfu #handmade #teaware #ceramics #pottery #woodfired #davidlouveau #jiříduchek #keramikaduchek #ondrejsedlak #breacthebadger

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