Tea beverage has inspired literature too!
The Classic of Tea or Tea Classic is the very first monograph on tea in the world, written by Chinese writer Lu Yu between 760 CE and 780 CE during the Tang Dynasty. According to Tea Lore, Lu Yu was an orphan of Jinling county (now Tianmen county in Hubei province) who was adopted by […]
“Whatever her tone with me happened to be,” Pip reflects during one such meeting at a restaurant, “I could put no trust in it, and build no hope on it; and yet I went on against trust and against hope. Why repeat it a thousand times? So it always was.” He then rings the waiter, […]
“A wave of rare incense is wafted from the tea-room; it is the summons which bids the guests to enter. One by one they advance and take their places. In the tokonoma hangs a kakemono—a wonderful writing by an ancient monk dealing with the evanescence of all earthly things. The singing kettle. . . sounds […]
“Tea is nought but this: First you heat the water, Then you make the tea. Then you drink it properly. That is all you need to know.” Sen Rikyu, Zen Tea Master, 1522-1591
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