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LibriVox recording of The Book of Tea (Version 2) by Kakuzō Okakura. Read in English by Clive Catterall. 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 ado
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- April 25, 2026
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The Book of Tea (Version 2) by Kakuzō Okakura
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