Sustainability Journal
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Tea, If You Want To
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
Our last post explored tea’s origins in China. Today, we follow the Tea Road out to Japan and Russia, and its eventual reach to Europe and North America in the modern age. Tea cultures around the world all have their...
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Cha Wenhua
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
This morning I set out to write a blog post on tea cultures around the world. Tea is deeply symbolic and informs and reflects various aspects of life among many cultures - specifically those rare-to-modern-day slow and intentional aspects. But...
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Our Vessels and What We Fill Them With
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
Jar-lined walls on worn wooden shelves, each shape as different as a body - tall, stretching its neck toward the ceiling, short and squat, poised to receive and be filled. This wabi-sabi sort of organization of our personal self-care apothecaries...