
Books / Reviews | ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES Jul 11, 2021
‘Tea Life, Tea Mind’: Celebrating the simple act of serving tea
by Stephen Mansfield
Green tea began in China as a medicinal brew, and grew in Japan into an aid to wakefulness and meditation for Zen monks. In time, the ceremony of its preparation became a mode of refinement for a social elite versed in introspection and aesthetics. ...