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Tag: Folklore
Tea and Spirituality: Tea and Buddhism
Tea is beneficial to Buddhists while they meditate because the caffeine keeps them awake.
Tea and Spirituality: Tea and Meditation
In today’s world of instant gratification, it is easy to get wrapped up in the stress of it all. At the end of the day, I love to sit on my couch with a nice cup of tea and unwind.
Tea and Spirituality: Leaf Reading in the Far East
For as long as tea has been around in ancient China, so has the art of leaf reading.
Tea and Spirituality: Fal – Leaf Reading in the Middle East
Tasseography (also known as tasseomancy and tassology) – the reading and divination of one’s future through the reading of tea or coffee remnants in a cup.
Chinese Tea Mythology: Yellow Mountain Fur Peak
This green tea (also known as Huangshan Maofeng) is grown in the mountains of Huangshan (which translates to Yellow Mountain) in the Anhui province of China.
Tea and Spirituality: Tasseomancy – Leaf Reading in Victorian Europe
Tasseography (also known as tasseomancy and tassology) – the reading and divination of one’s future through the reading of tea or coffee remnants in a cup.
Chinese Tea Mythology: Green Snail Spring (Bi Lo Chun)
Green Snail Spring…just as the name suggests, you would think. There are a couple of legends surrounding the origin of the name.
Chinese Tea Mythology: The Big Red Robe
Da Hong Pao is a well known oolong tea from Wuyi Mountains of the Fujian province of China.
Chinese Tea Mythology: The Legend of Pu’erh
To many tea connoisseurs, the leaf is like a fine wine what with its colorful flavors, delightful scents and beautiful array colors.