Chapter X · The Illustration: a close reading of the whole chapter

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Chapter X · The Illustration is a chapter about tea, tools, and judgment. Read it as a sequence of practical judgments.

Passage

“Write it out on silk, in four or six panels, and place them by your seat — then the Origin, the Implements, the Making, the Vessels, the Brewing, the Drinking, the History, the Producing Regions, and the Omissions are all kept before your eyes.”

The passage is short. The judgment behind it is not.