The Boston Globe, July 2nd, 1989
DUXBURY - Allan Palmer studied 17 years in order to make tea once a month during the summer at the Art Complex Museum. Although making a pot of tea seemingly is one of the easier kitchen tasks, having tea according to the Japanese tradition involves more than putting a kettle on the stove and taking out some tea bags. To perform the tea ceremony properly is "a lifelong pursuit," said Palmer, who has been performing ceremonies since 1976 in a tea hut built for the art museum. In the Japanese culture, making tea is a centuries-old way of life deeply rooted in the ritual of simplicity and the ne...
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