Justine Keating

Justine Keating is tea enthusiast from Sydney who has been working with tea for the last two years (but has been an avid consumer of the leaf since a young age). Her interest in tea far exceeds that of consumption alone, and she now spends much of her free time autonomously researching the origins of tea and practicing Teaism (a Japanese school of aestheticism and philosophy pertaining to Tea).

The shift from frivolously enjoying a cup of tea, to ascribing to the ideals of Teaism came in March of 2016, when Justine was given the opportunity to attend lessons in the art of the Japanese Tea Ceremony under the guide of training Tea Master Hiroko Mihara in Sasayama; a rural town located in the central eastern part of Hyogo Prefecture. While this experience has placed Teaism and Japanese tea traditions at the forefront of her interests, Justine’s passion for tea lies in its rich, multicultural history, and as such, she most enjoys a cup of tea when understanding where it is the leaves have come from and what stories they can tell us regarding the past, and other cultures.