Tea Diaries

Tea enthusiast and PARU tea-m member Rem Talde shares his perspective on ritual—how it differs from person to person and what it means to him—and his journey using a gaiwan, or traditional three-piece vessel used in gong fu cha, the practice of making tea with skill.

Last week, we had the opportunity to partner with small-batch artist Mellisa Essenburg of Chinook Ceramics for a giveaway on Instagram, which featured our Sakura Tea Bundle and a custom set from the artist.

We also had a chance to hear more about Mellisa's journey in ceramics, including how it has helped her avoid burnout as a speech pathologist and some advice she'd like to offer to beginning ceramicists. Read our interview below.

Note: Originally I wrote this as an Instagram post but found it hard not to condense, so I'll continue on as a blog. The last blog I wrote was when we just opened PARU a year ago, so this was actually kind of fitting. :) 

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