The Tea Of Tea Masters

Have you ever talked about tea before in your life, or ever heard about Tea? People don’t even think about having a cup of tea, people usually think about having a cup of coffee in the mornings. Today tea isn’t as important as it used to be back in the Victorian Era times. Tea was important to Victorian Era life because it was part of their everyday life.

“For all the Tea in China -How England Stole the World 's Favorite Drink and Changed History

“Honest Tea seeks to provide bottled tea that tastes like tea a world of flavour freshly brewed and barely sweetened. We seek to provide better-tasting, healthier teas the way nature and their cultures of origin intended them to be. We strive for relationships with our customers, employees, suppliers and stakeholders which are as healthy and honest as the tea we brew.” (Honest Tea Mission Statement)

e escalation of tea importation and sales over the period 1690 to 1750 is mirrored closely by the increase in importation and sales of cane sugar: the British were not drinking just tea but sweet tea.[28] Thus, two of Britain's trading triangles converged: the sugar sourced from Britain's trading triangle encompassing Britain, Africa and the West Indies and the tea from the triangle encompassing Britain, India and China.[28]

Throughout History, there have been many different groups or events that are still widely known today. Groups of people such as the Indians or Vikings are popular groups which are referenced constantly in today’s society. However, none of these groups is more known or referenced than the Japanese Samurai. Originating in 646 AD, these Japanese warriors developed from a loose organization of farmers to the dominant social class in Feudal Japan. Along with their dominant military and political standing, the samurai brought with them a unique code or moral belief that became the core of Samurai culture. Because of this, the Samurai and their principles still affect modern day Japanese society with social customs today

He became very animated at this point in his descriptions saying “At this point the practice of tea drinking was very elegant and a beautiful ritual to behold. It was a social custom in which certain hospitality, preparation, and serving rules had to be applied to maintain the culture.” John was especially interested in the innovations made during this tea time. He goes on to discuss how the emperor now controlled all aspects of tea cultivation and production, establishing new systems of grading leaf tea and even determining quality of the tea.” He told us tales of how only select members of a chosen class were allowed to drink certain teas, with the precious "tribute grade" teas from revered mountains reserved exclusively for the

4) in our daily lives. In more prominent ways, Japanese culture can be noticed through cuisine and religion. “Buddhism” and “Shintoism” are the two significant religions of Japan, though in Hawaii more buddhist temples are seen rather than shinto shrines. Besides the majority of the Japanese population in Hawaii, buddhism is also practiced by a great amount of Hawaii locals. The only set back being, “The only temple activities that cater to non- Japanese…are taiko drumming and meditation.” (Borup

Tea was declared the National Drink of England in 1784. The eighteenth century saw the transformation of tea as an everyday necessity for the poor and working class of the British society. To meet the domestic demand at home, the British East India Company imported great volumes of tea from China. The tea import increased from an estimated 64 tons in 1711 to 6800 tons in 1791. Even heavy import tax could not deter an increasingly expanding domestic market for the Chinese tea. As tea drinking had become obsession with the British society, consumption of tea replaced home-brewed beer, gin, milk and traditional infusions of indigenous plants. This great transformation in the consumption pattern of British society led to the commodification of

The Tokugawa Shogunate, also known as the Edo period, ruled Japan for a very long time. They ruled from 1603 until 1868. The shogun had a strict social hierarchy to keep order. Different groups in this social hierarchy were: emperor, shogun, daimyo, samurai, peasants and merchants. This essay will explore the daily life and role of the peasants and the samurai.

In the Edo period Christianity did not exist, Japan’s religions consisted of Shinto, the harmony nature, Confucianism, and Buddhism. The Edo period was also a time where there was a great expansion in popular culture, this included the formation of novels, films, animated works and stage plays. Haiku, a form of poetry, was also introduced during the Edo period. Honor was very important in the Japanese culture, duty and honour were even more important than the laws. Obedience to authority was also extensive, filial piety, was the faithfulness and devotion to your parents, this concept was stressed by commoner schools.

After reading the “Confucius Live Next Door” by T. R. Reid, I became very curious and interest in the eastern culture described by the author. Although the book was published more than 20 years ago, been an Asian myself, Chinese to be specific, I did not know the Japanese culture was deeply influenced by the Confucianism until I read this book. Because I always thought the Confucianism or the “teaching of scholars” is only reflected Chinese social ethic. And surprisingly, I strongly sensing that the Japanese culture takes Confucianism even more solemnly than its original headstream, China. From this book, we can see the Confucianism have had some deep roots in Japanese culture.

Through Honest Tea’s three years of business, their business shows some positive signs of a promising company. Since Honest Tea is a start-up company, it is understandable that their net income is in the negatives since their expenses will outweigh their sales, but as the three years have gone on, their net income has improved, and even increased by 74% from 1999 to 2000 from -$882,359 to -$228,879, which shows a positive sign of growth. Honest Tea is also very capable to pay back their short term liabilities since their current ratio is a high 5.92. Their profit margin has also increased over the three year period from -71.7% to -36.3% showing positive

Japan is an unique oriental country in many aspects, especially in politics and economy, both western practices and traditional nationalism are coexisted in this country. The period 1890-1940 was just followed the Meiji restoration, and was typical in the history of Japan, at that time, Japan was on the way from a feudal country to a capitalistic country, called modernization. Many western practices were being more and more adopted, however, at the same time, traditional rules still had strong influences in Japan. Under this background, this report will discuss the Japanese cultural factors during 1890-1940 that influenced the disclosure

They are the ritualization in Japanese culture, women’s implicit expression of love, women’s hierarchy in 18th Japan, and how the landscape of Japan influences the prosperity of Geisha culture.

Knowing Chinese tea culture thoroughly is a wise way for people to explore the Chinese society and culture. As a traditional drink, it has been planted and consumed for over five thousands years. The climate of China is perfect for growing tea, which leads to large quantities and good quality of tea. According to the line diagram, “Dynamics of manufacture of tea in China, thousand tons” there were about 1,200 thousands tons of tea manufactured in 2008, which made China the biggest tea manufacture country in the world. As we can see, tea has a special position in Chinese society. Due to its popularity, Chinese tea gradually raises international interest, and leads China to be a more influential country in the