Tea

Tea and tea accessories

Making tea is an exercise in attention: water, time and temperature, with nothing to do but wait. This category offers loose leaf tea in storage tins and accessories for the Japanese tea ceremony.

What you will find here

• Tea tins of 40 and 200 grams
• Loose leaf tea for daily use
• Aizome editions in traditional indigo
• Accessories for the tea ceremony

Brewing tea with attention

• Warm the pot with hot water before adding tea
• Use water of 70-80 °C for green tea, never boiling
• Keep steeping short: 1-2 minutes for the first infusion
• Store tea airtight, dark and away from spices

More individual items are in other; for a calm sitting space see meditation.