วีดีโอ

Beautiful and fascinating talk. My only critique is of the idea that the atom bomb means you can't wage war for peace any longer... thousands upon thousands are doing this at this very moment: in Ukraine, in Syria, in the Levant, and elsewhere. I understand your point that warrior tea can and must transcend its strictly-warrior roots; nevertheless, the atom bomb has, unfortunately, not obviated the need for warriors in this world.

40:40 This red raku tea bowl make me think of IAM "L'école du micro d'argent" album cover. I see horses and banners on the crest with spears and swords in the red sunset. Satemo !

Magical

Thank you for your extensive take on different tea cultures/practices. I think though that the Chinese Cha Yi and the Japanese Senchado would be better suited for a direct comparison, since Gongfu cha, as you rightly pointed out, is exclusively aiming at maximising the enjoyment of tasting the tea, whereas Chanoyu is about creating an aesthetic ambience („gesamtkunstwerk“). Also, Gongfu uses leaf tea, whereas Chanoyu uses pulverised tea, whereas Cha Yi and Senchado both use leaf tea. I have watched both ceremonies back to back, and the similarities were really striking, and they made me wonder what the drinking of pulverised tea in the Song dynasty era must have been like.

I like your video.I learn Ueda Soko Ryu in New York and your video helps me better understanding. Thank you.

Thank you Adam-san. You helped me a lot！

Well we need to talk about this.

First time seeing Ueda ryoko style. Your otemae is absolutely beautiful! I’m doing omote senke style but have learnt a lot. Thank you! Really appreciated your video. Again, beautiful!

Merci pour ce formidable podcast ! Peut être aurons nous l'occasion de nous rencontrer dans Moku-an ? Ou dans mon modeste pavillon... Invitation lancée ! :)

Amazing 🤩

Very important talk here and at the same time, opening up to many more interesting topics to discuss in the future. I like the example of learning a language and adding another language when you are comfortable with the previous one. One thing I wanted to add is that, by learning a new language I actually also deepened the understanding of my own mother tongue, say the grammar or the speech patterns. And I think the same on tea. When you learn someone's perspective you might be surprised to appreciate even more what you have already learned.

That's an amazing video Adam. The timing was to perfection. Thank you 🙏

nice contraband Fukusa :)

This gold Adam, thank you so much!

Dear Adam, thank you for this topic, which involves everyone of us and helps to clarify some experiences too. I love it! :)

One of the last times I saw my late grandmother, I prepared tea for her. She told me: “interesting, your father used to enjoy collecting tea tools too.” And I remembered my father always drank mostly black tea with milk. Now I am wondering where are those tea sets… 😅

I loved the part about not influencing the guests into our own biases and ideals. I think because Chanoyu is Japanese, and many people in the west love to pump meanings and symbolisms into Japanese culture and make it "orientally exotic", people also come with an expectation that you are going to give them a transcendental culture shot through the heart. I like to perform tea in a way that avoids many of these expectations and when people come into the realization that after the performance they have had some minutes of peace and inner thought by themselves, I think I achieve the harmony that I would like to cultivate. I love your podcasts! Thank you for all the insight!

Thank you, I enjoyed the cross-readings very much.

This tea was delicious to watch :)

初めて拝見させていただきました。大変美しい所作とお点前ですね☺️勉強不足の為どちらの流派かお教えいただければ幸いです。上からの画像はとても参考になります❤

Thanks for this series of delights

Tea doesn't need wokeness.

The aesthetic content of this episode leads us to very down to earth ethics. Thanks for teachings

Amazingly deep connection between the pieces of art and the making of tea - documented vividly in this well balanced video flow 🙏

thank you, adam, this is of utmost importance for all lovers of asian tea: recognizing our roots and learning from each other, getting inspired, giving and taking. just three additional remarks about (or: in defense of?) chinese dao-tea: 1. there is this daoist topos of simplicity of teaching combined with the daoist scepticism about any kind of knowledge in general. that often leads to sentences like „what do i have to teach you? just make tea“. unfortunately this obfuscates a bit the complexity of chinese tea. the longer i observe, the more i am convinced this intentional: the fineness of chinese is hidden behind a seemingly simple and informal procedure. and it is often overlooked. 2. what is this fineness about? and what are the qualities of chinese tea practice?: elegance which shows itself in the harmony of chosen tea(s), objects and efficient yet simple movements, avoiding the unnecessary, preserving a rhythm which doesn’t get in the way with the needs of the tea. handling teaware safely in (in comparison to japanese tea) unstandardized situations. fineness shows itself in friendly humility, which shows itself in anticipating the needs of the tea and (in a confucian sense) in recognizing the physical, intellectual and emotional needs of the guest(s). and last but not least: the fineness is also the concrete knowledge which is seemingly dreaded so much by the daoists :-) 3. what is this knowledge about? since there is no ‚magical formula‘ with the leaf tea in its thousands of non-standardized and ever changing forms, one needs to know (and feel) by experience, what tea in what state functions how, needs what kind of water, what dosage, how much of breaking leaves or potential re-roasting, the exact way, speed, place, angle and pressure of pouring water in/out, materials of (zisha) pots, cups, kettles. one needs to know how to react, when problems occur in a brew: what needs to be changed for the next brew in order to fix the problem? since excellent chinese teas are difficult to find, one needs to know where and how to ‚hunt‘, how to discern clean from unclean, excellent from mediocre teas, how to store and possibly age them. what to choose in what situation… and finally: when to stop making infusions … and writing comments…. :-) again, thank you adam for your beautiful thoughts. and for educating simple tea-peasants like myself about the beauties of chanoyu. (p.s. and yes: plastic bottles should at least remain hidden under the table, and phones, cigarette packages(!), keys, wallets and other clutter should be 100% banned from chinese tea tables forever… couldn’t agree more..... (here my japanese tea past might be talking though…lol))

Dear Adam, i love andi resonates with it. Thanks a lot.

Thanks for this terrific piece. Oddly, I found myself thinking about the crossovers between fashion / attire and tea. For instance, that garments embody an art that can’t really live in the walls of a gallery, but can only reach its fulfilment in the world, in use. So too, I gather, with tea, and the tea space. Thank you for including the Kant and Dewy links. Look forward to checking them out. Osu!

This is interesting, a marihuana based company who makes medical marihuana teas and food contacted me to perform tea ceremony with their tea (infusion type) and I had some philosophical internal debates about it. I know I want to share the spirit of tea, but changing the whole thing sounded a bit odd for me. Even though the people who recieved it would have liked the event, I feel it would have been quite nanchatte in spirit as so many things would have to change in order to accommodate the infusion.

Fresh. Visionary. Yes!

Fascinating and visionary view on the past and future of tea and fashion - and what these examples can mean for the future of a globalised world 🙏

Very beautiful, dear Adam, thank you. Greetings from Berlin, Katja

Fantastic setting and an incredible pattern of smoke moving around like chi, e.g. between 4:00 and 6:00. Awesome!

"If people don't stop me from calling it that" lol We are the shape of our lost fights.

Always enjoyable and inspirational, Adam. The best wishes form Barcelona. :)

Thank you for uploading this video! I'm a biginner of Ueda Soko Ryu. Your video helps me a lot!

Adam, i love it! Thank you for sharing!

Uhhhhh....

May all meaning materialise through practice. Love ya

Thank you!

Very nice, thank you for sharing. And also a good otemae to watch today, May 5th Boy’s day

Greetings from Urasenke Brasil

I like the scroll and loved the wabi spirit of the tea!

Thank you for sharing. I love how you combine tradition with contemporary modern world, like a breath of fresh air, always very inspiring. Just a quick question, do you know what the wooden base is called that the Chasen and Chaire stand on?

thank you Sensei

Very much enjoyed watching this!!

Very inspiring! I just love how you expand boundaries and find new paths and ways. Love the idea of interacting together. Un gran trabajo! Muchos saludos a Buenos Aires

Very nice! Thank me later -> P R O M O S M!!

thanks

thanks

like a dance! very sophisticated... thanks for sharing