Monthly Archives: June 2006

On Tea & Japan

“Tea is the ultimate mental and medical remedy and has the ability to make one’s life more full and complete.” ~Rinzai Zen Priest Eisai (1141-1215)7 Originally brought to Japan from China in the early ninth century by Buddhist priests, tea – specifically green tea – was first used as a form of medicine and as […]
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