Chapter VI · The Drinking: One-page summary — Tea has nine difficulties: the making, the judging, the vessels…

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The passage

“Tea has nine difficulties: the making, the judging, the vessels, the fire, the water, the roasting, the grinding, the brewing, and the drinking.”

One-page summary

One sentence: “Tea has nine difficulties: the making, the judging, the vessels, the fire, the water, the roasting, the grinding, the brewing, and the drinking.”

Three words: Tea has nine difficulties: the making, the judging, the vessels…; Chapter VI · The Drinking; 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.