Friday TeaDay 2/19/10 TeaScience or TeaArt?

[Seeker]

Oh my gosh, I'd have to say neither.

But I aspire to it being something leaning towards art, where art is surrendering to a kind of flow.

And really, I guess I'm aiming for something more in the realm of spiritual.

Cheers.

[Chip]

Fave = Sencha ... I certainly lean towards science with this tea, but it is very fluid and artistic, just happens to include a scale, thermometer, timer. Perhaps not abstract art, but still art ...

Began the TD with a tasting of Zencha Fuga LE served up artistically in an Arita "Momiji" teaset. Art in motion ...

Just a stock photo of this set ...

[debunix]

I just don't see these as contradictory thing when it comes to making tea.

Sometimes I use a digital thermometer and an electronic scale when making my tea, sometimes not. They are tools, and it takes some knowledge and skill to use them well.

It also takes skill for a potter to craft that beautiful chawan, an understanding of the properties of different clays and shaping and firing and the chemistry of glazes, to create that tool that you can use for making your matcha.

No tea yet on this hot chocolate morning.

[Chip]

I just don't see these as contradictory thing when it comes to making tea.

Neither do I, can be quite harmonious when you "get it."

[teaisme]

haha I like that "what the heck are you talking about"

what is art anyways

silver needles and org genmai with matcha when I woke up
unknown high mt with my lunch

[Skippyandjif]

I don't measure amounts, but I'm really careful about water temperature and steeping time, so I guess I'm kind of both. (Heh, it's a perfect reflection of my major and minors... )

Drinking some looseleaf pu-erh right now-- it's so good for colds!

[brad4419]

More of a teascience. I like to measure my tea, check temp. and time the steeps out to keep a consistency about my brewing but I also see some tea artist in the brewing vessels and experimenting.

long jing this morning.

[leiche2]

TeaArtist all the way. I use tools to aid my senses when brewing.