{"id":155,"count":1,"description":"Rong-tsang Tsai\u3002The Pure Abstract Aestheticism in Tea Drinking\r\nIn actual fact, the beauty and realm of the Way of Tea5 can be appreciated by way of brewing and drinking. Nothing is required besides the tea, utensils, technique and experience; the setting, attire and music are all extras that we can do without.  If brewing (and whisking, in the case of matcha) is a reflection of both the aesthetics and the realm of tea in the visual form, then drinking is the realization of both in terms of aroma, taste and its nature.  Appreciating tea without being distracted by the external environment enables us to focus on what matters the most. This kind of pureness is what we describe as the \u2018Pure Abstract Aestheticism in Tea Drinking\u20196.\r\n\r\nThis description, however, should not be taken at face value \u2013 the purene","link":"http:\/\/contemporaryteathinker.com\/?cat=155","name":"04.The Pure Abstract Aestheticism in Tea Drinking-Rong-tsang Tsai","slug":"rong-tsang-tsai%e3%80%82the-pure-abstract-aestheticism-in-tea-drinking","taxonomy":"category","parent":116,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/contemporaryteathinker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/categories\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/contemporaryteathinker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/contemporaryteathinker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/contemporaryteathinker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/categories\/116"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"http:\/\/contemporaryteathinker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts&categories=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}