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The Book of Tea is as much about philosophy, religion and art as it is about a drink made with dried leaves in boiling water. It traces the development of tea into teaism. The author’s first paragraph summarizes the whole book:

“Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite amusements. The fifteenth century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of aestheticism--Teaism. Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life.”

Contents:
01 Chapter 1 - The Cup of Humanity
02 Chapter 2 - The Schools of Tea
03 Chapter 3 - Taoism and Zennism
04 Chapter 4 - The Tea Room
05 Chapter 5 - Art Appreciation
06 Chapter 6 - Flowers
07 Chapter 7 - Tea Masters *
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