Into the charming car life
Even those who are new to tea can learn about tea without any burden.

A friendly and detailed essay on tea life

“Holding a warm cup of tea calms my heart, filling it with pure gratitude and love.”

Eunjae Joo, CEO of Wolhaboy and author of “Boy Tea: Drinking Time,” began drinking tea around the age of five, influenced by her parents who loved tea. As an elementary school student, she spent her childhood visiting her parents’ Hanok Museum in Insa-dong, always surrounded by ancient art and the value of the passage of time.
Even when I was studying abroad in Vancouver, Canada, I never stopped exploring Chinatown with my family to find and learn about new cars.
After accumulating a lot of experience and insight into tea, he opened Wolhaboy Tea House in Bukchon, Seoul, and continues his relationship with tea by guiding guests who visit the place today about tea life.

Life is too short to drink just one kind of tea.
I choose and drink tea from among the six major types depending on the season, weather, and my condition.
It's a kind of mood changer.
But the best tea for me has always been Pu-erh tea.
This book covers the entire tea life, from selecting tea and tea utensils, focusing on the author's favorite tea, Pu-erh tea, to brewing and savoring tea, and even how to create a tea ceremony.
It is also filled with rich stories about opening a tea room and enjoying tea.

Tea is a medium that calms not only the body but also the mind.
The leisurely pace of each step—boiling water, preheating the teapot, and making tea—appreciating the color of the tea in the cup, smelling the aroma, and savoring the taste before drinking the tea, all of these three steps, brings peace and tranquility to the mind.
It goes without saying that taking care of your own car also provides a time for meditation.
The tea life centered around Pu-erh tea has a wide spectrum.
Since tea's value increases over time, it is suitable for collecting, and there are many ways to enjoy tea as an everyday art, including the pleasure of collecting antique tea sets that go well with old tea.

The author, who learned the ceramic repair technique of kintsugi to care for damaged tea utensils while living a tea life, says that he later breathed new life into damaged utensils with kintsugi.
Every time he repairs a broken piece of tea set with Kintsugi, he says that it is not just a simple fix, but he gains a deeper understanding of the piece he has been using.
This is a passage that shows that as your tea life deepens, you will not neglect even one thing and will be able to develop a heart to cherish the things you like.
Tea time alone or with others Anything that can be shared while drinking tea together becomes a Dow that you invite to your tea time.
You can enjoy tea with your favorite teapot, or you can participate in a tea party and chat with tea lovers, which will enrich your tea life.
〈Drinking Time Tea〉 helps everyone who is starting a tea life to naturally incorporate tea into their lives and make it a part of their lives.

They say that conversations over tea and conversations over coffee are different.
I hope you can spend about 30 minutes a day on yourself to awaken senses you haven't felt before.
It's a life where I don't chase cars, but rather cars come into my life.

---From "Prologue: A Five-Year-Old Car Enthusiast"

I used to think of it as a beverage I drank on a daily basis, but from the day I realized that such tea was actually helping my frail body, my tea life became an inseparable part of my daily life.
No, rather, I came to believe that it was me.

---From "Tea Life for Health"

After drinking tea, I always unfold the tea leaves, examine them, and gently touch and press them with my fingers.
One of the joys of drinking Pu-erh tea is feeling the weight of the tea leaves without crushing them, and appreciating the different flavors and aromas depending on the origin and age of the Pu-erh tea I drink.

---From "Tea Trees Grown in Yunnan Province"

After yoga, I always drink green tea to infuse the warmth of the tea into my body, which is slightly tired after exercise.

---From "Boysukcha after Yoga"

Drinking time is a really great thing.
Even on a sunny day or a windy day, Pu-erh tea always ferments on its own in the same place over time.

---From "The old tea made by the grandfather and drunk by the grandson"

There are quite a few people who buy pu-erh tea to use as a tea tech, but they may wonder if the value of the tea they own will actually increase.
These days, the prices of old cars over 30 years old are skyrocketing due to a shortage of supply.

---From "The Collector's Time"

There are three most important things to bring out the flavor of tea.
Good quality tea, a tea set suitable for our tea ceremony, and water.

---From "Water Flowing from the Mountain"

If you want to continue your tea life, I recommend bringing a sturdy and beautiful tea plate into your home and creating your own tea room.

---From "The Ebony Tea Table That Accompanies You Throughout Your Life"

When customers ask, “What is the best tea house to fully enjoy the taste and aroma of Pu-erh tea?” I always answer, “The best tea house is Jasah.”

---From "Treasure of the Company"

There is a word called wabi-sabi.
It is a term that refers to the beauty felt in imperfection. If there is beauty in complete perfection, then even a tea set with chips and dust on it has its own charm that captures my eyes.

---From "Wabi-Sabi of the Yobyeonjasa"

As I mastered kintsugi, I breathed new life into damaged utensils, and each time I repaired a broken tea set with kintsugi, it became more than just a fix; it became a time to understand the utensils I had been using more deeply.
---From "Kintsugi, the Repair of Wounds"

I believe that the role of the teapot shines brighter in that it goes beyond simply cooling the tea or appreciating the color of the tea, and allows everyone at the tea table to enjoy tea equally.

---From "Everyone is Fair"

I like a tea room with an atmosphere where people can share and even passersby can sit down and have a cup of tea together.

---From "A Place to Chat"