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👋 This is my personal little collection of notes about 茶道 and tea in general. 

====茶道====

To organise my notes, I divide 茶道 into 12 different aspects:

   * [[temae|点前]] and [[chaji|茶事]]
   * the tea itself (see [[matcha|抹茶]] for tasting notes)
   * background knowledge (including its [[history]], [[people]], [[symbols]], references to [[culture]] and [[seasons]]; and [[literature]], expressed, among others, in the [[gomei|御名]])
   * [[kashi|和菓子]]
   * [[kaiseki|懐石]]
   * [[architecture]] and [[roji|路地]]
   * [[dougu|道具]], including [[hai|灰]]
   * [[textiles|textiles]]
   * [[sho|書]]
   * [[kou|香]]
   * [[hana|花]]
   * [[philosophy]]

====工夫茶====
A little [[glossary]], some [[brewing]] advice and heaps of tasting notes:

         * [[bai]]
         * [[huang]]
         * [[matcha|抹茶]]
         * [[lu]]
         * [[oolong]]
         * [[hong]]
         * [[sheng]] puer
         * [[shou]] puer
         * other [[hei]]
         * [[aromatised]] teas
         * brewing in different [[pot]]s

====Personal====

I got a [[restricted:plan]] for how I want to become a good 茶人, including my [[calendar]] of what 点前 I practise when and what I call my [[capsule]], a minimal list of 道具 with which I can do most 点前 (as opposed to the [[restricted:inventory]], which is what I actually //do// have); I take note of the [[restricted:lessons]] I had and of [[restricted:stock|teas]] that I got waiting in my cellar. 

My teas and toys I buy from these [[purveyors]].