03 Friday Oct 2014
茶籽育苗： 播種前浸種催芽，當50%的茶籽露出胚根時，即可播種。
插苗法：在土壤上插上茶苗。
嫁接扦插苗：在成茶樹上接上新種茶苗。
茶葉種植前應進行土壤深翻、平整、施足基肥。肥料以含有機質的堆厩肥、餅肥和一定數量的磷肥為好。用量依土質而異，按茶行設計佈局，開定植溝，深寬為20－50厘米，施入肥料後與土充分拌勻，蓋土耙平再按株叢距種植。
茶樹是一種多年長生的樹種，種植後可存活幾十年或更久，當我們喝到一杯老茶時，是否該感恩前人種植時的辛勞付出呢？
08 Sunday Jun 2014
Posted in Chinese, 茶葉的歷史, 製茶技術, Tea Competition
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Business, buy tea, Drink, 茶葉， 品質, interior design, Oolong Tea, Tea, Tea Master, Tea quality, Tea Shop Design, Tea Tasting, 喝茶的樂趣
經常有人詢問我們的為什麼要花那麼多的時間製作私版包裝，其實我們一開始只是想區隔我們的製茶與對待茶的想法與觀念，就這樣我們由一個點到一個面，慢慢成形。
環保愛地球經濟包裝禮盒
精緻荷蘭布禮盒紙罐 
高品質四兩半手禮 
抽屜式半斤雙罐禮盒 
無論是用何種包裝，最終的本質我們還是得回歸到”茶”的品質，我們希望更多的朋友能接受原汁原味的茶，以茶的純、茶的香氣、與味蕾；取代速食主義下的調和茶，調和茶可能很香、也可能會很好喝、便利、便宜；但是您喝過純茶香、隨著時光香氣、口味層次感不停轉化的原味茶嗎?一個很簡單的想法，希望更多人了解台灣純茶的文化，我們隨著時間一點一滴慢慢的成長，也歡迎喜歡原茶文化的朋友加入我們的行列。
02 Monday Jun 2014
Posted in Chinese, Tea Quality, 品茶；口感的訓練
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Drink, Furniture design, interior design, Oolong, Oolong Tea, slab table, Taiwan, Taiwan Tea Competition, 喝茶的樂趣
茶禪：動態與靜態
寂止禪: 止禪以坐姿為主，且不宜變換姿勢，若身體不適須要換姿勢，也要守住所緣(目標)。
止禪於所緣，保持「尋」(vitakka﹐專註目標)、「伺」(vicāra﹐繼續專註目標)，所緣是概念法(世俗諦)。
內觀禪: 觀禪不拘姿勢。觀禪尋、伺(專註、繼續專註)對象，所緣是究竟法(真實諦)，
如：觀「觸」：呼吸的觸、腹部起伏(=風觸色)、坐姿及臀部的觸等、感受、聲音的生滅；其它的蘊、處、界，不宜當初始觀禪的對象；
如果觀對象是茶 ，則觀「茶的集法」，可觀察具有身、心、鼻才有吸氣，與具有身、心、鼻才有呼氣，又從眾緣生（茶的生、成、製、飲），可悟入無常，導致更高階的智見。
中國古語有云:人何以知(道) ? 曰：心
心何以知？
曰：虛壹而靜。心未嘗不臧也，然而有所謂虛；
心未嘗不滿也，然而有所謂一；
心未嘗不動也，然而有所謂靜。
飲茶、品茶、在乎一心，當您真的能靜下心來品味一杯茶時，
當下已經不是茶在身體上口腔與體內的變化，
更重要的是藉由這樣的過程，提升身、心、靈的品質。
27 Wednesday Nov 2013
Posted in English, Furniture Design, Interior Design, Tea Shop Design
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Business, Furniture design, interior design, slab table, Taiwan, Tea, Tea Shop Design, Teak, teak wood table, Tree, Wood, Wood Finish
I’ve been thinking of a design for a tea table. One idea is that it should be made out of wood slabs. For sustainable reasons, I didn’t want to cut down a new tree, so I began my design by searching reclaimed wood. Functionally, a tea table needs to seat a minimum of 8 people for tea tasting. There should be a dishwasher under the table top, a storage area for tea ware and space for tea plates that hooks into a drainage system.
My childhood guitar teacher has a building material business. In his warehouse, he had cut piles of wood to be used as wood flooring material. Also inside are huge piles of wood logs, 14 of which are from Teak trees that had been laying there for more than 20 years. I just can’t believe how lucky I am to find this tree laying there waiting for me. Although this particular tree is not in any way perfect, it is really ideal for what I am looking for. A 3-meter (118 inches) long Teak tree ended up costing ONLY $400. Somebody’s junk is my precious stone! How incredible that is!
Our town was a major wood harvesting area during the occupation by Japan. The Japanese would cut down trees thousands of years old and shipped them to Japan to build temples and houses. They had built an entire transportation system and factories to do so. As a result, there are still numerous old wood production factories here. I probably would have never known such productions existed had my guitar teacher not tell me. There is a factory in the middle of a rice field that looked like it had been there for centuries. Even the workers there are all in their 50s. Here in Taiwan, you talk and negotiate right when you first meet. I simply asked him to cut the wood I selected into 3 pieces… 50 dollars, done!
This cutting machine must be the coolest old machine I have ever seen. They hefted the tree on to a train, where it was secured and measured into the thickness that I requested. The cutter then drives the train over a huge chain saw. I was extremely nervous, because even though I designed hundreds of furniture before, I had never had my own tree cut to measurements. I was worried if the cut is not in the right place, I would have ruined this beautiful tree. I didn’t have a lot of time to think long on this. The workers were there, measurements were made and in 10 minutes my tree was in 3 pieces.
The left over slabs I’m saving for a later day to make something else out of it.. stay tuned… J
This is why I really appreciate small mom and pop shops. There are still so many highly skilled wood finishers in our town. We found this shop that as it turns out knew my college professor really well. I had majored in Forestry. Our professors are pretty well known in Taiwan. They have been associated with many workers in the field. This old Master must be 70 years old or so and he is still doing wood finish for a living. He quickly decided how we should assemble these 3 pieces together and how to fill the imperfections.
The production time is 2 weeks!
Each slab had to be fastened together, then the finisher will sand, stain, and apply the finish coats. A natural lacquer was applied on top to give a subtle but rich sheen.
I also had a local metal shop made the table legs and storage components. It was a lot of visiting shops and discussing design ideas. There were very minimal detailed drawings that had to be done since I was able to work around the workers’ skill set. Their experiences had taught me a different way to doing design and I love the way it came out!
