Chapter III · The Making: One-page summary — The bamboo-shoot-like buds, growing in rich rocky soil, reach four…

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The passage

“The bamboo-shoot-like buds, growing in rich rocky soil, reach four or five inches, like young ferns just unfolding; they are picked while the morning dew is still on them.”

One-page summary

One sentence: “The bamboo-shoot-like buds, growing in rich rocky soil, reach four or five inches, like young ferns just unfolding; they are picked while the morning dew is still on them.”

Three words: The bamboo-shoot-like buds, growing in rich rocky soil, reach four…; Chapter III · The Making; disciplined practice.

One action: next time you drink tea, ask about origin, harvest, and making before you ask about fame or price.

Reading note

Read the passage once for the image, once for the judgment, and once for the practice it implies.

Practice

• Name one thing the passage asks you to notice.
• Compare it with a tea you know.
• Keep the question open.