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HospitaliTea

Tea, Camellia sinensis, can take on many different shapes, colors and characters. It can be offered loose leaf, in small bags or as part of an herbal cocktail. From Morocco’s mint green tea to Britain’s black tea to the USA’s Lipton tea bags, tea can be found all over the world and is loved by […]

Food of the gods

This is a meal Heavy, rich, decadent. It delivers in full force. I would not call it gentle, but indeed it is kind, nourishing, and asserting. It is a beast in its natural state, undomesticated, wild and beautiful but unyielding. It is as it is, do not take it if you are not ready. It […]

Kill Green

Behold here the tree, the bush, and the leaves Behold the human, that cultivates seeds Witness the withering, whining, weeping Watch how they’re chosen, select for flogging Torn, battered, broken, blood drawn out, seeping Pushed to the limit and scorched by the sun Rolling, frying, steaming, and drying Pushed and pulled between […]

A Personification of Tea

If tea was a person, what would you see? I see a villager, one who is wise You would see pieces, of you and of me * She would be ancient, live one with the trees A native woman, with thousands of ties If tea was a person, what would you see? * One with […]

Cacao Qi

For a long time, before chocolate bars and ice cream, Cacao was consumed as a drink. Native to Mexico and Central America, it was a key ingredient to several pre-hispanic drinks including Tejate and Pópo which are still consumed today. I have been becoming more and more intrigued to learn about cacao’s history. Since Mexico […]

Quarantine and a Side of Sideritis

A midst the Coronavirus situation, people everywhere are spending a lot more time at home. In an attempt to encourage people, and to throw out some ideas of things to do- I proposed a challenge to tea drinkers with the chance to win a cool tea shirt from Teathoughts. Given we are all as humans […]

Where the Leaves Meet the Water

As promised in my previous post, here is my story of how I got into tea and how my tea practice has changed. I believe tea is something that for me is a way to both cope with and enhance the journey of life. As I believe I have mentioned in the past, my first […]

The Life of the Inanimate (Existential Ramblings on Tea and Life)

Relationships change. This is not only true of relationships between people, but relationships with “things”. Of course, the most important relationships we have are indeed with other humans, this is not an argument against that. I am in agreement that human to human relationships are the most important things in our lives. Because this is […]

The Voice of Infusions

These leaves are words, they exist on their own Whether we think them, or even know them They’re here in existence since they’ve been sown They speak all languages, gleaming like gems This water is space, a medium, a page It etches, engraves, cannot be undone A carrier of peace, madness or rage […]

The Rules of Freedom

There are a few things that I can say describe me very well: Solitude, silence, tea and writing. I have always enjoyed teas and tisanes, but before I got into a more structured routine and practice of tea I would write. For a while, I wrote simply what came to mind, poetry, short stories, and […]

Degrees of Adventurous Perils

Those who follow me know that I’ve been a little obsessed with this white teafrom Tealeaf. So as you might imagine, I’ve been drinking it quite a bit and thus have done some experimenting with the brewing. I recently decided to brew this tea using four different temperatures simultaneously in order to see just […]