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Much more than a monthly magazine on Cha Dao—Global Tea Hut is a growing community of tea lovers i

15/10/2026

Last week we discussed Living Tea and drinking tea as a way to connect to Nature. The chaxi is an extension of this fundamental principle and a place where we put into practice our aim to live in harmony with Nature.

As the seasons change, you may notice that the stage we create for Tea changes too. A chaxi is all about celebrating the occasion and the story the chaxi tells is designed to support our connection to the moment.

If you are entering the colder months, you may consider working with warmer-toned chabu to create a balanced environment. Similarly, if you are experiencing warmer days filled with sunlight, you may want to bring cooling tones into the space. The art and practice of chaxi is deep and invites us into a more harmonious and intentional way of life. A life of Tea.

13/10/2026

“Looking back, I am humbled by how much I’ve learned. Tea’s virtues consistently inform my parenting choices and remind me of the mother I would like my children to remember. Daily practice expands my heart’s capacity and brings me closer to embodying that mother. And as it does, my children draw nearer. Under no other circumstance will all three of them sit so upright and quiet for extended periods of time, but for the love of Tea and ceremony. One of my greatest joys is to witness them grow in stillness and reverence. My hope is that one day they can recognize this practice as a precious gift throughout their lives.”

A beautiful passage from Teawayfarer, Paula Wada’s article in the Winter 2025 issue, reflecting on her and her family’s relationship with Tea.

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09/10/2026

We are one month away from welcoming Wu De back to Southern California to host several beautiful workshops in both Orange County and Ojai. This is the only opportunity for in-person trainings with him in the US this year, and we encourage all Tea lovers to consider joining us! No matter where you are in your journey, these joyous offerings will support, grow and deepen your practice.

Please use the link in our profile to learn more about the workshops and reserve your spot before more sell out.

Thank you all for being a part of this community—one that continues to show up to make these events possible. We look forward to sitting with you in November. Raising a bowl to each of you!

07/10/2026

We call it “Living Tea” for obvious reasons: it lights you up, and your every cell feels alive, moving to the sway of the Tea dance. What we mean by Living Tea, though, is real Tea. Tea that is grown in the old ways.

There is one serious problem with Living Tea: that there is not enough of it. If all the Tea in the world were Living Tea, there wouldn’t be enough and millions of people would go without Tea. And that means compromise.

Compromise means we also have to have some plantation Tea alongside Living Tea. But while we may compromise on the trees having less room to grow, or some pruning, less (but hopefully still some) biodiversity, the plantation has to be organic. Full stop! That’s where we must draw the line.

How can you sit in a nice Tea room and connect to Nature when the thing you’re using to connect was made in a way that has harmed Nature? All of the medicinal value of Tea is gone when it is grown out of harmony with Nature, Spirit and life on this Earth. Those of us devoted to a life of Tea will always seek Living Tea, but we must also educate and promote organic plantation Tea. Even mainstream Tea should be organic, healthy for the Earth and healthy for man.

From Wu De’s Book—‘Tea Medicine’

05/10/2026

“Ordinary life requires us to make hundreds of decisions while simultaneously maintaining all the identities through which we understand ourselves: parent, partner, professional, friend, competent person, spiritual seeker. At this year’s Zen & Tea Retreat, much of that scaffolding became temporarily unnecessary. The container was sufficiently strong that I could begin removing layers rather than adding anything new. I thought often of Coco Chanel’s instruction to remove one accessory before leaving the house. This retreat became an increasingly radical version of the same exercise...

What happens if I remove the striving? The performance? My orientation toward other people’s approval? What if spiritual practice itself is not another thing to achieve?”

To read Annette A.‘s full story from the retreat, be sure you’re subscribed to our newsletter to explore her insightful reflection later this week.

02/10/2026

There is an old Chinese saying: “Water is the Mother of Tea, the teapot its Father, and fire its Teacher.”

Water starts the movement of Tea, but fire turns it into alchemy. Coals hold the sun’s energy, gathered in the wood over years. When we wake that energy with a fan and set the kettle above it, we give dried leaves back what they once knew on the tree: sunlight, water and air. The leaf comes back to life, and something in us comes alive with it.

Charcoal brings out a heat you can feel. In side-by-side tests at the Hut, water heated on coals to the exact same temperature as water from an electric kettle still tasted hotter and brighter to everyone present. The warmth goes deeper into the leaves, and then into us.

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30/09/2026

We want to thank everyone who made the journey to Casa Cuadrau | Yoga Art & Nature Retreats earlier this month to join us for our annual Zen and Tea Retreat. It is a true honor to receive friends from across the world, gathering in devotion to practice and sharing a dedicated period of noble silence together.

We are excited to share stories and lessons from our time in the deep, still mountains of the Spanish Pyrenees over the next few weeks. We hope each reflection nourishes and inspires your practice, and perhaps offers encouragement toward a more conscious way of living.

Above all, we bow in gratitude to the generations of teachers and students who gathered in practice long before us, passing on the wisdom of Zen and Tea. Because they carried these teachings forward, we are all able to sit together today—and through our own practice and service, help preserve and carry forward these traditions.

28/09/2026

Raise a bowl if you’ve tried Wonkabar!

This incredible tea continues to amaze us, and it was wonderful to receive a few emails from the community expressing their own delight. For those who are beginning to enter the cooler months—we imagine this tea becoming a close companion on your journey ahead.

Please remember that in our excitement for this tea, we created a special offer. Over the months, we will be hiding golden tickets in a selection of Wonkabar orders. Find one, and you will receive an extraordinary, 40-year-old, intentionally aged, exceptionally stored tea. Whether or not fortune finds you...we are certain Wonkabar will earn its place as a community favourite!

24/09/2026

There is a layer of this practice that does not survive translation onto a page, or move freely through a computer screen. It moves between two people in the same room. It is a transmission between student and teacher. Our own teachers have written about this:

“Training with someone is simply a different order of experience than reading about training with them. Words can point toward the moon, but they were never the moon.”

We invite those who feel called to train in The Way of Tea, to come sit with us this Fall. Wu De is coming to Southern California from November 7th through the 22nd to lead twelve workshops in person—the only stretch of in-person trainings he offers in the United States all year. If you have been practicing from a distance, this is the chance to deepen your connection and feel what it is like to receive some of the same transmissions that have been passed down from teacher to student throughout time.

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