(A Micro-Learning Discovery) As you might imagine, my algorithm is absolutely packed with tea tips, hacks, and tiny bits of tea wisdom. Most of the time they’re entertaining, sometimes they&rsqu…

We don’t always notice the moment when something begins to change us. Sometimes awakening arrives quietly—through a book, a cup, a conversation—and only later do we realize that a do…

J-TEA exists in service of tea itself — to help tea find its people.I believe good tea changes how we experience life. It brings calm, connection, and meaning into ordinary moments. I started J-…

If you’ve ever brewed tea with a gaiwan, you know it’s a simple piece of teaware: just a bowl, a saucer, and a lid. Simple, yes, but it does take some practice to master and here’s t…

Back when I was in college at the University of Oregon, I studied East Asian Language and Literature. Somewhere in those readings, I came across a passage about tea that changed the way I saw the worl…