Kukicha

A series where we envisage what our collection of sensorial and esoteric teas would be, act, and think as personalities. What would it eat? What would it listen to? How would it spend its time? What would it dream about?

Consider Kukicha — a tea crafted from just the stems of our 9th generation producer's tea plants — whose beauty lies in its simplicity. Slightly vegetal but aromatically sweet in a way that evokes candy hearts, rock sugar, and marshmallows, this is a tea that we return to year after year, season after season...⁠

(and may we recommend, this easy brewing tea is lovely over a spoon of honey and ice as the days get longer)

① TO READ⁠
A season for poetry, not prose. The Paris Review No. 243, Spring 2023⁠

② TO LISTEN⁠
“Get On the Otherside” by Bobby Oroza— soulful sweetness that sounds like a Sunday⁠

③ TO WATCH⁠
In the spirit of candy…a quote from NYC Ballet, The Marzipan Shepherdess in George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” (watch on Youtube):⁠
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“Sometimes we discuss what candy we’re bringing to the show. Sometimes we’ll be hard candies or gummies”⁠

④ TO DOODLE⁠
Oda Bhars' picture of Paul Klee's Prämierter Apfel (Award-winning Apple) from 1934 from the exhibition "In Paul Klee’s Enchanted Garden" at the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway, December 3, 2008⁠

⑤ TO EAT⁠
Sakura mochi⁠
...or carrot cake & sea buckthorn sorbet⁠

⑥ TO VISIT⁠
Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist's Studio at Hammer Museumin Los Angeles, CA