In the true spirit of Cha Dao, we are proud to introduce The Leaf, Tea Magazine, offering steeping after steeping of tea wisdom written by and translated from some of the most famous authors in the tea world; and it’s all completely free! We will feature articles by Zhou Yu, Master Ling Ping Xiang, Chen Zhi Tong, Huang Chan Fang, James Norwood Pratt, Aaron Fisher, Jeffrey McCloud, Scott Wilson, Mary Heiss and so many more…

Learning about Chinese tea is difficult for the English speaker, and so much of today’s information is coming from merchants and vendors with financial agendas. Let us instead explore the world of tea together, and pure-heartedly share our knowledge beyond the marketplace to the quiet tea room where the kettle is boiling and only the Leaf awaits us.

The articles here will be viewable in .pdf format for which you’ll need Adobe Acrobat Reader. Each article will then have a discussion section, in which we can have a moderated dialogue, Q&A and share about the information presented.

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“The critical center of the Way of Tea lies in adapting by entrusting all to instant and appropriate response... All employment of artifice, however much deliberated, lapses into mere private will and propensity and diverges from the wondrous dynamic of naturalness.”

                            —Sen Jakuan Sotaku— 

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