Dane 🇮🇪 ☮️🕉️⚛️☸️
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Eugen Rochko
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A global matcha boom is having to contend with a declining number of tea plantations in Japan and the threat of tariffs from the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/06/global-matcha-obsession/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tea
I never did figure out what the really grassy green #tea I used to like in the late 90s/early 00s was, before Starbucks and Teavana and matcha and green tea extracts changed the vibes.
Every loose leaf green I've tried in adulthood has been a lot more vegetal/seaweed than the straight lawn clippings I keep looking for.
I just want to drink a cup of the smell of neighboring hay fields being baled.
Alex, the Hearth Fire
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I'm going to toot my own horn for just a moment!
These are my first teapots since taking Po Wen Liu's workshop, and I can tell my craftsmanship has leveled up. They still need to be decorated and glazed.
i'll never achieve perfection, but the fun is learning and getting better than I was the day before.
Life is like that too :)
#pottery #porcelain #teapot #tea #kentucky #handmade #craft #clay#mastoArt
Alex, the Hearth Fire
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I’ve been immersed in #pottery and #tea for a week at the ‘pouring vessels for tea and coffee workshop’ with Po Wen Liu at the Arrowmont school of arts and crafts in #Tennessee,
Po Wen is an excellent teacher and i’m grateful to have had this opportunity to learn and create and make new friends who also love pots/art/crafts.
Now I’m exhausted and inspired; ready to get home and put all i learned into action at my studio and community.
