The beautifully designed Tea Ceremony kit contains Japanese scholar Okakura Kakuzo's popular classic Book of Tea plus utensils to use in recreating the tea ceremony at home: a traditional bowl and split bamboo whisk. With its emphasis on ritual and aesthetics, the ceremonial presentation of tea provides a fascinating introduction to many aspects of Japanese culture. In The Book of Tea, Kakuzo seeks to explain the way of tea to Westerners in the hope that they will understand this insightful ritual as far more than the offering of a mere brewed beverage. His profound, poetic work explores the history of tea as well as the subtler Zen spirituality behind the centuries-old ceremony.