In many of the world’s tea-drinking cultures, tea is transformed into a ritual that gives a taste of the sacred to what should be mundane. In the Philippines, Rachel Ngan Dueñas does the same by holding tea meditation classes.
We caught up with Ms. Dueñas at an event with Moda Interni (see related story: https://tinyurl.com/3bbn9yw3), where her artwork (especially one shown at an exhibit at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, Come to Life) was shown with the furniture showroom’s Italian offerings.
We didn’t come for her art, however: Ms. Dueñas achieved her certification as a tea sommelier from the International Tea Masters Association in the Philippines in 2018. In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, she began holding tea meditation classes through her Instagram page…
