Through the Doorway
This is the story of Gucheung Hermitage, located at the foot of Jiri Mountain in South Korea, where wild fermented tea is produced once a year with the help of community members and volunteers.
Language, a way of communicating, is intrinsic to food in many ways – as is food to communication: the salutations from a farmer to their crop; the phrases to start or end a meal; harvest rituals to thank the gods for a bountiful season; the way food communicates with us when it’s ripe or gone bad; food as a language of love and a universal language. Although we couldn’t go to print with our first magazine in 2020, we're excited to share the different languages of food with you here.
This is the story of Gucheung Hermitage, located at the foot of Jiri Mountain in South Korea, where wild fermented tea is produced once a year with the help of community members and volunteers.
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