# The Book of Tea, Vol. 1

By **Okakura Kakuzo**

- ISBN-13: 9781838866914
- Series: [Chinese Bound](https://mybookbandits.com/series/chinese-bound)
- Publisher: Amber Books Ltd
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 96
- Published: 16 Jun 2026

## About this book

‘Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage,’ are the opening words of Okakura Kakuzō’s The Book of Tea, written in English in 1906 for a Western audience. The book is a long essay celebrating the secular art of the Japanese tea ceremony and linking its importance with Zen Buddhism and Taoism. It is both about cu

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