after reading this relaxing tea-advice give yourself some time to drink a tea, or to let time go by and to listen to this lovely relaxing song Sienna by Kiln
Enjoying this very trippy music...never heard of Kiln before...with the taste of my morning coffee still lingering (maybe I'll have some tea, later...).
@ Dr. Jay, glad you enjoyed Kiln, they are an obscure band from Michigan http://www.kilnaudio.com/ and their electronic music is between experimental, trippy, yet smooth... btw, i am a tea drinker, but i have to start my day with a fresh ground coffee beans, French pressed... my neighbor has complained on hearing my coffee grinder every morning at 7.15 am heh heh if you liked Kiln, check out this band from Virginia, Labradford, excellent ambient/electronica too http://www.brainwashed.com/labradford/music.html
@ Herr Georg, ah! i sure like the little noise at the beginning, maybe 'cause i feel the anticipation of the music coming after the noise? dunno, maybe Herr Georg it's 'cause i feel like it's the old radio tuning before finding the song... and hey!! that is actually a great idea, to remix the sounds of the tea bags, vielen Dank for your comment!
@ ID, even if I start my days with black coffee, the rest of the day I am an avid tea drinker, I don’t think I drink much water alone, or pretty much anything else but tea during the day, I drink black tea, of all sorts, Ceylons, Assam, Oolongs, and then green teas, Chinese, Japanese Sencha, Bancha, white tea, and so on, some I drink decaf ‘cause otherwise I’d go crazy and then I enjoy herbal infusions very much too, peppermint tea, ginger tea, Rooibos (this is a tree cortex so not sure where it goes…) so I am a tea fan too… one of my favorite little books is The Book Of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura, I am sure you will enjoy this little book! You can read it online for free at the great Project Gutenberg
and finally two of my favorite paragraphs from The Book of Tea, from the chapter I, The Cup of Humanity
…”Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life.”
“The heaven of modern humanity is indeed shattered in the Cyclopean struggle for wealth and power. The world is groping in the shadow of egotism and vulgarity. Knowledge is bought through a bad conscience, benevolence practiced for the sake of utility. The East and the West, like two dragons tossed in a sea of ferment, in vain strive to regain the jewel of life. We need a Niuka again to repair the grand devastation; we await the great Avatar. Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.” ~Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea
Enjoying this very trippy music...never heard of Kiln before...with the taste of my morning coffee still lingering (maybe I'll have some tea, later...).
ReplyDeleteBonjour Berenice,
ReplyDeleteAre you sure to call this music relaxing with all those broken radio electronic noises, at the beginning?
The kiln people are more or less in the "Kraftwerk" bracket.
Personnally, I would prefer to listen to the sounds made by your teabag and relax while doing this.
Wish you joy
Georg
Tea drinking is almost like a religion in some parts of the world....it sure is for me :)
ReplyDelete@ Dr. Jay, glad you enjoyed Kiln, they are an obscure band from Michigan
ReplyDeletehttp://www.kilnaudio.com/
and their electronic music is between experimental, trippy, yet smooth... btw, i am a tea drinker, but i have to start my day with a fresh ground coffee beans, French pressed... my neighbor has complained on hearing my coffee grinder every morning at 7.15 am heh heh
if you liked Kiln, check out this band from Virginia, Labradford, excellent ambient/electronica too
http://www.brainwashed.com/labradford/music.html
@ Herr Georg, ah! i sure like the little noise at the beginning, maybe 'cause i feel the anticipation of the music coming after the noise? dunno, maybe Herr Georg it's 'cause i feel like it's the old radio tuning before finding the song... and hey!! that is actually a great idea, to remix the sounds of the tea bags, vielen Dank for your comment!
@ ID, even if I start my days with black coffee, the rest of the day I am an avid tea drinker, I don’t think I drink much water alone, or pretty much anything else but tea during the day, I drink black tea, of all sorts, Ceylons, Assam, Oolongs, and then green teas, Chinese, Japanese Sencha, Bancha, white tea, and so on, some I drink decaf ‘cause otherwise I’d go crazy and then I enjoy herbal infusions very much too, peppermint tea, ginger tea, Rooibos (this is a tree cortex so not sure where it goes…) so I am a tea fan too… one of my favorite little books is The Book Of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura, I am sure you will enjoy this little book! You can read it online for free at the great Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/769/769-h/769-h.htm
and if you miss seeing the cover, here a photo I have on my blog of it
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mfq83D5U-UY/R_2rlw5GZLI/AAAAAAAAAwk/FnI9tHJpDds/s1600-h/thebookoftea.jpg
and in case you wanna read, my 2nd post ever on this blog was actually on tea
http://bereweber.blogspot.com/2006/03/quotidian-pleasure-fine-cup-of-tea-for.html
here a photo of my tea collection as it was in 2007
right now is a bit different
http://www.23hq.com/bere/photo/2883863
some of the places online where I get some good tea
http://www.specialteas.com/
http://www.republicoftea.com/templates/gateway.asp?navID=6
http://www.worldpantry.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/numitea/home.d2w/report
and finally two of my favorite paragraphs from The Book of Tea, from the chapter I, The Cup of Humanity
…”Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life.”
“The heaven of modern humanity is indeed shattered in the Cyclopean struggle for wealth and power. The world is groping in the shadow of egotism and vulgarity. Knowledge is bought through a bad conscience, benevolence practiced for the sake of utility. The East and the West, like two dragons tossed in a sea of ferment, in vain strive to regain the jewel of life. We need a Niuka again to repair the grand devastation; we await the great Avatar. Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.”
~Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea