Archive - Tea w/ Dweez

Sane-Cha: The Poetic Choice (A Shincha Season 2025 Requiem)

In which we, at long last, become the pilgrims we were meant to be.

Jun 21 •

May 2025

Smile, You’re on Shincha: A Double-Barrel Blast of Seeds & Sons

In which I discover the world’s most powerful weapons, don a kimono & pledge no allegiance to Chinese or Japanese new teas.

May 15 •

April 2025

The Story of the Bambino Chawan: Obits, Oshaka Samas & Omachi Gods

In which I attempt to drain my stash in anticipation of an influx, doing all I can to keep this under 6000 degrees.

Apr 11 •

March 2025

Good Tea, Bad Names: Liu Bao Blends, Bends & Mends Me

In which a Tea In Japan Podcast begins to boil to life.

Mar 11 •

February 2025

The Fires of Forgetting: Praise, Practice & Boiling Pu'erh

In which home and other sicknesses provide new paradoxes to drink in and ship out.

Feb 4 •

January 2025

The Stiff Upper Lip Returns: Ahoy To All Tea Snakes, Grilled Dweezers & Asahi Dreamers

In which a barber gifts me an essential but forgotten piece of tea ware, my brother drops the best mix in our series & we wait not an instant longer to…

Jan 7 •

December 2024

Chasing Suchness: A “Mornings In My Yato” Tea-Leaf-Reading Production

In which I reflect on Yeti & Dido over oolong and pu’erh and experiment about the experience.

Dec 5, 2024 •

November 2024

All Steeps, No Pours: The Sayamacha Delegates Cast Notes

In which I am woo-rocked by Rooney, put the whole world on my back, and temper the sweet soul flames of near/far-land visitors.

Nov 6, 2024 •

October 2024

Must Be Oddum: Okinawan Black, Tea Kettle Tanuki & Slidey The Five-Legged Spidey

In which I follow the Buddha’s messengers and they lead me to the tea.

Oct 8, 2024 •

September 2024

Roots, Leaves, Flowers & Me: An Inciting Incident Commemoration

In which a white tea turns silver in my rice bowl as I admire books written by my mates.

Sep 20, 2024 •

Guri Goo: Not Just ‘Uzi’ Spelled Backward

In which Izu tea is not exactly procured and an onsen vacation becomes a bootcamp.

Sep 13, 2024 •

August 2024

Before The Ceremony: Seeing & Knowing at The Kanazawa Bunko

In which I guzzle Yame sencha and bask in the museum exhibition of my Kamakura Era dreams.

Aug 30, 2024 •

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