Shou Puerh & Chen Pi Cinnamon Rolls
There's something undeniably special about mornings where time seems to slow down, allowing us to savor each moment. And what better way to celebrate those leisurely mornings than with the...
SEASONAL TEA CLUB
"Tea has forever been a celebration" - Seasonal Tea Club Summer 2023
In Taoist medicine, the Fire element corresponds to the heart, small intestines, and bitter flavor, symbolic of the charring nature of fire. It’s with bittersweetness in my heart that I...
SEASONAL ALIGNMENT
What is the Late Summer Season?
In the Taoist Five Element framework, Late Summer is its own, fifth season. It is the center point: when yang mellows and transforms into yin, when Summer has fully ripened...
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE
What are the Five Elements?
If you’ve read the Seasonal Tea Club, attended a Living Tea event, or followed us on Instagram, you’ve heard something about the Five Elements. This is the philosophy that guides...
"Tea has forever been a celebration" - Seasonal Tea Club Summer 2023
In Taoist medicine, the Fire element corresponds to the heart, small intestines, and bitter flavor, symbolic of the charring nature of fire. It’s with bittersweetness in my heart that I...
"The blossoming of the natural world" - Seasonal Tea Club Spring 2023
Man follows the earth. Earth follows heaven. Heaven follows the Tao. Tao follows what is natural. Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu Chapter 25 How you wish to relate to tea...
What are the Five Elements?
If you’ve read the Seasonal Tea Club, attended a Living Tea event, or followed us on Instagram, you’ve heard something about the Five Elements. This is the philosophy that guides...
"No more is needed" - Seasonal Tea Club Winter 2022
Seasonal Tea ClubWinter 2022 The last Autumn leaves fall to the cold, dry earth. The barren trees create a sense of spaciousness through which winter light becomes ethereal. Rising from...
Colin Hudon's Morning Routine, and How to Adapt Yours for Winter
As the days grow shorter, we are all finding ourselves adjusting to less light and lower energy. While living in harmony with the seasons is our guiding principle here at...
Autumn and the Metal Element: Aligning with the Cycles of Life
In the Five Element framework, Autumn is associated with Metal. In this season of the harvest, we imagine the scythe that cuts the grain from the stalk: Metal separates what...
"Preserve what is essential" - Seasonal Tea Club Autumn 2022
Seasonal Tea ClubAutumn 2022 With this season’s offering, we conclude our fifth year of the tea club. We have two common sayings in our tea tradition that seem particularly apt...
Some Essential Values of the Tea Ceremony
The tea ceremony, like all ceremonies, is a distillation of what we find valuable. We experience ceremonies all the time: weddings, birthday parties, graduations, funerals. These look different around the...