
Episode 445 - A Bowl for a Coin
History of Japan
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Tea Is a Consumer Product in the West
In recent years, the number of tea merchants has increased steadily. A growing number of them have taken to wasting money on things like building tea houses in an elaborate style so they can perform the tea ceremony. Tea plants have virtually disappeared from the levees. So in between all this complaining about kids these days, we see something very important. Tea is now nota ide gig. It is a consumer business.
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