Korean Zen and Tea

“There are four inherent attributes to tea: peacefulness, respectfulness, purity, and quietness. In drinking tea, these qualities should be cultivated in the drinker. Drinking tea gladdens the mind. The taste of the tea is the taste of the entire universe, because it is produced entirely through natural sunlight, water, wind, clouds, and air.” 

~Extract from Beopjeong Sunim's Korean Way of Tea, Buddhistdoor International
Read the full article about Korean Tea and Zen at: http://newlotus.buddhistdoor.com/en/news/d/41672

Tea is more than a beverage (Part 1)

Check out what people uses tea for, besides drinking it!

Green Tea Concrete

They are not piggy banks, but blocks of Green Tea Concrete that can be used in building constructions. (Photo taken at the Institute of Hadong Green Tea)

Nice Tea House at Busan, South Korea

Tea is more than a beverage, it is about the experience from the tea preparation to the environment of where you enjoy the cup of tea. This tea house at the seaside has to be one of the best place for a tranquil journey of tea.
 #teahouse #busan 

Hadong Wild Tea Cultural Festival

This year's Hadong Wild Tea Cultural Festival will be held from 16th May to 18th May in Hadong, South Korea. Every year, tourists and tea lovers around the World would gather to experience tea making, picking tea leaves and making tea ware etc at the Festival. To learn more, please visit the website http://festival.hadong.go.kr/html_a/a01.html or view the video~ :)

Korean Tea Making

Tea making is done mostly in the months of April and May. Our Korean Tea farmers are now busy making the best Tea for the year, let’s share a video on steps of making tea. It is admirable for Tea farmers to continue to make wild Tea by hand and note that the quality is very different from those commercial produced ones. Happy Labour’s Day!

- 韓國茶的歷史 -

擁有近兩千年歷史的韓國傳統茶是韓國的代表文化之一，喜愛飲茶的韓國人從三國時代末期就開始喝茶了。當時隨著佛教從中國的傳入，茶樹也被帶到了韓國。此後，韓國人開始製造許多各式各樣的茶種，茶道文化也開始發達。但，隨著佛教的衰退，茶的存在開始不被重視，取而代之的是蜜糯湯、柿餅汁等的人氣飲品。今日韓國的茶道文化在1960年代再度開始被宣揚，經過了70年代和80年代後，其影響力未減反增。另外，韓國的茶道文化在蛻變的同時，也深受中國和日本的茶道影響。現今韓國人喜愛喝的傳統茶有綠茶、人蔘茶、薏米茶、柚子茶等。(摘自:韓國觀光公社網頁)