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“Brewing Tea” Painting and Poem on Chinese tea at the Met Museum
Chinese Tea Aesthetic Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 5/21/24 Chinese Tea Aesthetic Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 5/21/24

“Brewing Tea” Painting and Poem on Chinese tea at the Met Museum

View a Chinese scroll painting with a poem about drinking tea and paintings of people enjoying drinking tea from the Met Museum.

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“Tea of Ancient Classics”
Chinese Tea Aesthetic Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 11/1/21 Chinese Tea Aesthetic Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 11/1/21

“Tea of Ancient Classics”

View a gallery of Sun Jun’s gorgeous tea inspired photos done in his signature classical Chinese painting and modern fashion photo mixed style.

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Tea and Mooncakes
Chinese Tea Aesthetic Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/31/21 Chinese Tea Aesthetic Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/31/21

Tea and Mooncakes

View photos from a tea and mooncakes tasting we co-hosted with our friends Wuhao Curated Shop in their courtyard space in Beijing.

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What the Character 茶 Tells us About Tea
What is Tea, Story of Tea Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/30/21 What is Tea, Story of Tea Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/30/21

What the Character 茶 Tells us About Tea

The radicals that comprise the character 茶(cha) tell the elegantly simple story of how tea is a natural plant that we can enjoy as tea thanks to the people who help us harvest it.

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It’s Time to Decolonize Tea
What is Tea, Tea History Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/29/21 What is Tea, Tea History Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/29/21

It’s Time to Decolonize Tea

everything I’ve wanted to say and have been thinking for the last 10 years about regarding tea, its colonial history, and the legacy of that still today for Whetstone Magazine’s Online Journal.

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Four Ancient Chinese Poems On Tea and One Symphony
Ancient Rituals, Chinese Tea Aesthetic Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/23/21 Ancient Rituals, Chinese Tea Aesthetic Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/23/21

Four Ancient Chinese Poems On Tea and One Symphony

Probing Tang Dynasty Chinese poems that discuss tea, loneliness, melancholy, and comfort plus a Mahler symphony inspired by ancient Chinese poetry.

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Finding Comfort in Tea from Ancient China
Ancient Rituals, Chinese Tea Aesthetic Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/22/21 Ancient Rituals, Chinese Tea Aesthetic Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/22/21

Finding Comfort in Tea from Ancient China

Watch as I discuss looking to ancient Chinese poems about tea for comfort during times of high anxiety today.

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Tea in Ancient China
Ancient Rituals, Tea History Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/22/21 Ancient Rituals, Tea History Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/22/21

Tea in Ancient China

A Mini (as in broadstroke highlights) tea history in ancient China before the year 1368 AD.

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Classic Chinese Paintings Depicting Tea Drinking
Ancient Rituals, Chinese Tea Aesthetic Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/21/21 Ancient Rituals, Chinese Tea Aesthetic Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/21/21

Classic Chinese Paintings Depicting Tea Drinking

View classic Chinese scroll paintings from as early as the Song Dynasty depicting tea drinking.

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Chaozhou, a Gong Fu tea city
Chinese Tea Aesthetic, Tea Adventures in China Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/21/21 Chinese Tea Aesthetic, Tea Adventures in China Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/21/21

Chaozhou, a Gong Fu tea city

Visit Chaozhou to feel the chill vibes of a city where it feels like sipping tea with a bunch of other people could sprout up any moment outside on one of the quiet streets.

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Tea Retreat at Moganshan, Zhejiang
Tea Adventures in China, Chinese Tea Aesthetic Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/20/21 Tea Adventures in China, Chinese Tea Aesthetic Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/20/21

Tea Retreat at Moganshan, Zhejiang

View photos from a unique place where you stay amongst tea fields in Moganshan in Zhejiang Province a formerly glamorous getaway for the glitterati of Shanghai in the 1920’s and 30’s.

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Xiamen, the Historical Tea Trading Port of Amoy
Tea History Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/19/21 Tea History Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/19/21

Xiamen, the Historical Tea Trading Port of Amoy

READ a quick glimpse at the tea trading history of Xiamen aka Amoy.

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Ancient Tea Horse Road
Tea History, Tea Adventures in China Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/19/21 Tea History, Tea Adventures in China Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/19/21

Ancient Tea Horse Road

Exploring the Ancient Tea Horse Road, an 1000 year old trading route, we will illuminate the exciting adventure and travel elements of Pu'er tea’s long history.

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The 150 year history of Qimen Keemun Tea
Tea History Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/19/21 Tea History Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/19/21

The 150 year history of Qimen Keemun Tea

Why Qimen is also known as Keemun, how it ended up being a black tea made in a region mostly known for green teas, and how it became a global superstar of black teas.

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Qing Ming Jie—Tomb Sweeping Festival and the Spring Tea Harvest
Tea History, Ancient Rituals Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/19/21 Tea History, Ancient Rituals Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/19/21

Qing Ming Jie—Tomb Sweeping Festival and the Spring Tea Harvest

Learn the relationship between the spring tea harvest and one of China’s ancient holidays to honor ancestors and the dead.

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Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
Ancient Rituals Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/18/21 Ancient Rituals Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/18/21

Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

Celebrating an ancient Chinese cultural holiday in the 21st century.

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What Makes Chinese Tea Special
What is Tea, Story of Tea Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/15/21 What is Tea, Story of Tea Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/15/21

What Makes Chinese Tea Special

The three factors that to me, make Chinese tea special and distinctive from other tea cultures.

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Designing a Teapot in Jingdezhen
Chinese Tea Aesthetic Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/14/21 Chinese Tea Aesthetic Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/14/21

Designing a Teapot in Jingdezhen

View photos to glimpse some of the process in designing and crafting a teapot with artisans in Jingdezhen.

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Geography of Tea Interview on KCRW
Story of Tea, What is Tea Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/13/21 Story of Tea, What is Tea Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/13/21

Geography of Tea Interview on KCRW

Listen to me discussing the differences of tea-growing regions and especially how they manifest in Chinese vs. Japanese styles of green tea production on KCRW’s Good Food radio show and podcast.

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Chinese vs. Japanese green tea in Pictures
What is Tea, Story of Tea Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/13/21 What is Tea, Story of Tea Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays 10/13/21

Chinese vs. Japanese green tea in Pictures

View a photo gallery to see the differences in Japanese and Chinese tea growing and production styles of green tea.

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