I've had a long personal history with the practice of meditation. The very first efforts were self-guided attempts in my early teens, spurred on by my rapt readings (for better or worse!) of people like Jack Kerouac, Tom Wolfe, Henry Miller, Kurt Vonegut, and many more. Just a formal closing of the
When Daphne was a toddler, she loved to scream, DAPHNE WABI-SABI GOWER!! and laugh herself into a frenzy on the floor. I think I must have been re-reading Leonard Koren’s magnificent book, Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets, and Philosophers, for the umpteenth time during her toddlerhood. Now s
Matcha is one of those beverages that invites lingering of all sorts. If it’s good, the taste lingers on the palate for 30, 60, even 120 seconds and beyond. The longer the finish, the better the quality. But matcha also invites a less-literal lingering. It’s almost impossible to be in a rush when yo
It’s no secret that we–like many of you–adore really I was interviewed by the wonderful folks from Tea People about matcha. As part of the same podcast they also interviewed Tom Decker, a Berkeley-based ceramicist, ceramics instructor, and tea lover, who said a lot of interesting and, to me, deeply
A number of people have recently asked me why we refer to our matcha as “blends.” What, exactly, is blended? First, there is nothing in any of our matcha except matcha green tea. No fillers, no sweeteners, no additives of any kind. It’s 100 percent green tea, and nothing else. So what’s blended? We
Throughout this website, in our packaging, and in our written and spoken communications, we stress that matcha must be refrigerated. Nothing has changed there; matcha most definitely must be refrigerated. By over-emphasizing how important it is to keep your matcha very cold, we hammer home the point
We get this question all the time. Dr. David Elmer, an OBGYN at Nantucket Cottage Hospital in Nantucket, Massachusetts, puts it this way: “There’s been a shift in paradigm, where we don’t go on conventional wisdom and practice evidence-based medicine. And the overwhelming evidence does not support m
I’ve found that physical energy — the “fuel” that allows us to ignite our emotional and intellectual skills and talents — is, in the end, what we all crave. We absolutely need physical energy to be at our best. And there’s no way around it: we have to somehow access pleasant and positive emotions, i
Swirling matcha makes it taste a lot better. This observation is a lovely discovery, and it’s a genuine addition to the venerable history of matcha. Matcha isn’t swirled in the traditional method — it’s whipped up in the bowl and consumed. No swirling. But swirling releases all kinds of wonderfulnes
