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Jason Cohen

Jason Cohen

Master of Ceremonies here and on Tea Technique. Previously, Founder and Executive Director of the Tea Institute at Penn State (defunct).

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Life and Work Status Update

Dear Readers, It has been quite some time since I’ve written to you personally. As I’ve written about in the past, a small team and I have been diligently working on a startup company, Analytical Flavor Systems. I’d like to update you on how things are going

Microbial Colonies of Pu’er Tea – new research

I’ve been talking / teaching / writing about the importance of the origin and cultivation of the microbial colonies within Pu’er tea for years,as they’re responsible for everything from “aging” rate to flavor profiles. (Reminder: all tea ages at the same rate of 1 year per year) Yet,

Kilns for Firing a Yixing Teapot

NOTE: this post is out of date. Those Interested in Yixing Teapots are suggested to read An Introduction to the Art & Science of Chinese Tea Ceremony: Yixing Teapots – Knowledge, Connoisseurship, and Technique There were two types of kilns historically used in Yixing: Snake Kilns and “Modern Tunnel” Kilns. Later,

Basic Verification of Yixing Teapots

NOTE: this post is out of date. Those Interested in Yixing Teapots are suggested to read An Introduction to the Art & Science of Chinese Tea Ceremony: Yixing Teapots – Knowledge, Connoisseurship, and Technique Yixing teapots have been in nearly continuous production (wars being the primary cause of discontinuity) since the

Buddha wasn’t a Buddhist

It’s a poetic anomaly, There is no right theology, It’s phenomenology you need to Witness the reality: No koan spoken understood; No vista below the gaze undertook; No path you know underfoot; The crucible denied because even though you tried the reality you saw was caused by the

Processing of Yixing Clay

NOTE: this post is out of date. Those Interested in Yixing Teapots are suggested to read An Introduction to the Art & Science of Chinese Tea Ceremony: Yixing Teapots – Knowledge, Connoisseurship, and Technique The raw yixing dirt needs to be processed and refined before it can be fired into a

Projects in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence on Tea

What could a machine possibly learn about tea? And why would any AI want to learn about tea? We can barely find any humans to study tea! My company uses machine learning and narrow-band artificial intelligence to understand what people taste in complex food and beverage products – the AI we’

The 19 Areas of Yixing & The 3 Types of Yixing Clay

NOTE: this post is out of date. Those Interested in Yixing Teapots are suggested to read An Introduction to the Art & Science of Chinese Tea Ceremony: Yixing Teapots – Knowledge, Connoisseurship, and Technique It has been known as late as the Ming Dynasty that tea was most suitably brewed in

I’m Back

Namaste friends, romans, 茶人, & countrymen! It has been far too long, with far too little tea and tea related adventures since I last posted. But the wait is over. After this most successful event, the 2015 Yixing Teapot Exhibition, hosted by the Tea Institute at Penn State, I feel

Chou Zhou Tea Exhibition hosted by the Tea Institute at Penn State

The Tea Institute at Penn State is honored to be hosting Tea Master Teaparker, Pallina Chan, and Stephane Erler for the Chouzhou Tea Exhibition from April 24th – 27th. All our events are free and open to the public, and we would love to share some of our rarest teas with