tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post8613931337264887251..comments2023-07-05T09:38:23.624+01:00Comments on The Half-Dipper: Tea SpiritHobbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-67992956726071968942015-12-29T14:11:20.888+00:002015-12-29T14:11:20.888+00:00Hi Hobbes
Couldnt find a contact page so just dec...Hi Hobbes<br /><br />Couldnt find a contact page so just decided to comment... Feel free to reply to teasagehut@gmail.com - Plus we have these above our main tea table - so thought it was appropriate to comment here :)<br /><br />I am from Global Tea Hut. Am unsure if you are aware of us - we are a non-profit magazine and free tea center (tea sage hut) based in Taiwan. We operate completely on Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17586659906613489379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-71063124429767958552007-09-05T22:45:00.000+01:002007-09-05T22:45:00.000+01:00PS: I certainly DON'T do that stuff when brewing t...PS: I certainly DON'T do that stuff when brewing tea for myself.~ Phyllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089209028096768776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-50073019965746274862007-09-05T22:43:00.000+01:002007-09-05T22:43:00.000+01:00Gosh, if I knew I was being photographed, I wouldn...Gosh, if I knew I was being photographed, I wouldn't have done that. :)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, that two-hand approach has nothing to do with martial arts. It's just a sign of respect (like presenting something with 2 hands instead of 1) towards the people who I was preparing the tea for. It kept my mind focused and not sloppy by following a certain self-taught protocol.~ Phyllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089209028096768776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-24215431223549786952007-09-05T09:13:00.000+01:002007-09-05T09:13:00.000+01:00Is there anything more masculine than gongfu Shaol...Is there anything more masculine than gongfu Shaolin-style brewing? Have you <I>seen</I> the photograph of Phyll wearing his traditional outfit at the US tea event?!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Toodlepip,<BR/><BR/>HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-48839837627275521732007-09-05T08:43:00.000+01:002007-09-05T08:43:00.000+01:00Thanks for mentioning that I am a modest man. I d...Thanks for mentioning that I am a modest man. I don't feel so (there I go again). :)<BR/><BR/>Kidding aside, I still think it was my brewing problem with the 1950's Hongyin.<BR/><BR/>This is such a relevant essay. The company that you drink with is perhaps the most important dynamic of tea appreciation. Thank you, Hobbes.<BR/><BR/>Dear Brent: if you are still following this thread, there is a ~ Phyllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089209028096768776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-397051170676149002007-09-02T21:14:00.000+01:002007-09-02T21:14:00.000+01:00Cripes, what a great site. Cantonese pronounciati...Cripes, what a great site. Cantonese pronounciation has been a closed book to me, this is the first reference I've seen equating it to Mandarin (and Japanese, and Korean!).<BR/><BR/>Many thanks, Lew.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Toodlepip,<BR/><BR/>HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-83923997599098095792007-09-01T23:25:00.000+01:002007-09-01T23:25:00.000+01:00MarshalN's conjecture about the 4 characters is ri...MarshalN's conjecture about the 4 characters is right, if Unihan is to be believed:<BR/><BR/>http://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=548c<BR/><BR/>http://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=656c<BR/><BR/>http://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=6e05<BR/><BR/>http://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=5bc2<BR/><BR/>/Lew<BR/>---<BR/>Lew Perinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05843222191460729180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-89094480540623800992007-09-01T15:20:00.000+01:002007-09-01T15:20:00.000+01:00Dear MarshalN,Many thanks. I popped these in an e-...Dear MarshalN,<BR/><BR/>Many thanks. I popped these in an e-mail to Lei, and Googlemail's contextual advertising started placing lots of Japanese adverts to the right of the e-mail! I understand that the characters are probably the inherited Chinese (manyogana), but even so I was impressed that Google successfully dug out the essentially Japanese semantic context of the four nominally Chinese Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-21777234086372778822007-08-31T16:31:00.000+01:002007-08-31T16:31:00.000+01:00No, they don't sound similar to mandarin, but as a...No, they don't sound similar to mandarin, but as a native Cantonese speaker, my ability to guess the Japanese reading of kanji is very good because of certain proximities. I surprise myself sometimes.MarshalNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16776398824139018801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-32261871126709989092007-08-31T08:00:00.000+01:002007-08-31T08:00:00.000+01:00The four terms are, I believe, 和、敬、清、寂. You know ...The four terms are, I believe, 和、敬、清、寂. You know Chinese, right? That might make more sense :)MarshalNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16776398824139018801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-32713004502396445802007-08-31T03:47:00.000+01:002007-08-31T03:47:00.000+01:00Thank you for correcting me-- I guess it would be ...Thank you for correcting me-- I guess it would be better to say that the lack of exposure, as opposed to the lack of knowledge, is what makes my friends less open to enjoying a tea session and more likely to see it as alien. That, and I'm cynical enough in everyday life to warrant a good amount in return, mid-tea session or not. :)Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07624029379597567958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-16739604426715056652007-08-30T20:22:00.000+01:002007-08-30T20:22:00.000+01:00I do simple!Hobbes ;)I do simple!<BR/><BR/>Hobbes ;)Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-18837596288254248392007-08-30T19:54:00.000+01:002007-08-30T19:54:00.000+01:00Oh I didn't mean that your descriptions were in an...Oh I didn't mean that your descriptions were in any way unsatisfactory, what I meant is the words themselves seemed to have some kind of lucid meaning to me... beyond description, which was odd... they're just simple words.<BR/><BR/>-vl.Vladimir Lukiyanovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09327122660708261128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-42543012542155599842007-08-30T19:34:00.000+01:002007-08-30T19:34:00.000+01:00Dear Vlad, Do you mean the four Japanese words? ...Dear Vlad,<BR/><BR/> Do you mean the four Japanese words? If so, then I'm sure my descriptions are mere shades of their real meaning, at best - I'm not at all familiar with Japanese, let alone Rikyu-era Japanese. That said, the descriptions were my interpretations, sitting in Tea Smith, mulling over why I couldn't enjoy tea with our visitor - and they're (for me, anyway) quite fitting for the Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-15260052708351842232007-08-30T18:14:00.000+01:002007-08-30T18:14:00.000+01:00Interesting!I find that the words alone seem to sa...Interesting!<BR/><BR/>I find that the words alone seem to say more than their description, this is a little scary to me :)<BR/><BR/>-vl.Vladimir Lukiyanovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09327122660708261128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-85131476746590253032007-08-30T17:50:00.000+01:002007-08-30T17:50:00.000+01:00Dear Brent,I've found that sharing tea with people...Dear Brent,<BR/><BR/>I've found that sharing tea with people doesn't really depend on how much they know about tea, but how open their character is. Someone who's naturally curious is going to love that new wulong. Someone that's cynical is going to enjoy it less.<BR/><BR/>I've definitely learned not to give good tea to newcomers to gongfucha. Even if they have really decent tastebuds trained Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-19487760544810629142007-08-30T16:56:00.000+01:002007-08-30T16:56:00.000+01:00Eloquently put David. I find that with a harmoniou...Eloquently put David. I find that with a harmonious group, the tea blends in seamlessly. Heightened awareness of the tea, the less harmonious the group. Even when we meet with an aim to try new teas or compare taste buds. cheers john小 約翰https://www.blogger.com/profile/04861553091860759609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-43611786512641447302007-08-30T16:08:00.000+01:002007-08-30T16:08:00.000+01:00Beautifully written, as always! Sadly, I rarely h...Beautifully written, as always! Sadly, I rarely have the opportunity for tea company (good or bad), but I can still empathize. :)<BR/><BR/>One large obstacle for me (and, I imagine, many of my fellow American tea drinkers) is the utter lack of public knowledge about the simplest aspects of tea. This is understandable and I don't judge them because of it, but it makes sharing tea with friends..Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07624029379597567958noreply@blogger.com