plant
Tea
Tea as a plant people have named and used. Steeped calm, leaf water, shared cup — one living kind, not a single symbol.
Tea is historically related to Water.
In Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, Tea is named in the wash and dye lemmas beside Water.
from Arnold James Cooley · Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, 6th ed. (PD; Gutenberg #39733 / #41957)
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Chasen is used in Tea.
Chamberlain’s Cha-no-yu / Tea ceremonies seat the chasen as the bamboo whisk for beating powdered tea — whisk use in the tea rite, not a chashaku scoop alone.
from Basil Hall Chamberlain · Things Japanese, 1890 (5th ed. 1905)
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Chashaku is used in Tea.
Chamberlain’s Tea ceremonies seat the chashaku as the bamboo tea-scoop for measuring matcha — scoop use in the tea rite, not the chasen whisk alone.
from Basil Hall Chamberlain · Things Japanese, 1890 (5th ed. 1905)
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Natsume is used in Tea.
Chamberlain’s Tea ceremonies seat the natsume as the lacquered tea-caddy for thin tea — caddy use in cha-no-yu, not a cooking jar dump.
from Basil Hall Chamberlain · Things Japanese, 1890 (5th ed. 1905)
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Chawan is used in Tea.
Chamberlain’s Tea ceremonies seat the chawan as the tea-bowl of the rite — bowl use for whisked tea, not a sake cup alone.
from Basil Hall Chamberlain · Things Japanese, 1890 (5th ed. 1905)
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Chicken is associated with Tea.
In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, when chicken-tea is boiled down one-half, with the addition of a little parsley or celery and the yolk of an egg, it forms a soup much relished by the convalescent — chicken supplies that tea.
from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)
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Apple is historically related to Tea.
In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, cooling liquors prepared from fruits include apple-tea among the diluting drinks — apple is prepared as that tea.
from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)
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Cup is historically related to Tea.
In Beeton’s Book of Household Management, Pepys notes he sent for a cup of tea (a China drink) of which he had never drunk before — the cup holds that tea.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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European folklore
Teapot is used in Tea.
Beeton’s Book of Household Management seats the teapot among vessels for brewing and pouring tea in English household service. A named teapot in that tea frame, not a coffee-pot and not a Japanese kyusu dump.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Tea caddy is used in Tea.
Beeton’s Book of Household Management seats the locked tea-caddy among English household boxes for storing tea leaves under the mistress’s key. A named tea-caddy in that tea frame, not a tea-chest shipping crate and not a Japanese natsume.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Creamer is used in Tea.
Beeton’s Book of Household Management seats the cream-jug among tea-service vessels for cream or milk with tea and coffee. A named creamer in that tea-service frame, not a gravy-boat and not a sugar-bowl.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Sugar bowl is used in Tea.
Beeton’s Book of Household Management seats the sugar-basin among tea-service vessels that hold sugar for the table. A named sugar-bowl in that tea-service frame, not a salt-cellar and not a creamer.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Saucer is used in Tea.
Beeton’s Book of Household Management seats the saucer among cup-and-saucer sets of tea and coffee service in the household. A named saucer in that tea-service frame, not a paten and not a platter.
from Isabella Beeton · Book of Household Management, 1861
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Chinese tradition
Gaiwan is used in Tea.
Bushell’s porcelain / tea notes seat the gaiwan as the lidded Chinese tea bowl for steeping and drinking — tea-bowl use, not a sake cup dump.
from Stephen W. Bushell · Chinese Art, 1904–1906 (2nd ed. 1909)
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Tenmoku is used in Tea.
Bushell’s Porcelain seats Jian / tenmoku dark-glazed tea bowls among Chinese tea wares admired in Japan — tea-bowl use, not celadon greenware alone.
from Stephen W. Bushell · Chinese Art, 1904–1906 (2nd ed. 1909)
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sources
- Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts · Arnold James Cooley
Arnold James Cooley, Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts (6th ed.).
- Book of Household Management · Isabella Beeton
Isabella Beeton, Beeton’s Book of Household Management (1861).
- Things Japanese · Basil Hall Chamberlain
Basil Hall Chamberlain, Things Japanese (5th ed. 1905).
- Chinese Art · Stephen W. Bushell
Stephen W. Bushell, Chinese Art (V&A handbook, 1904–1906).
- Medical Lexicon · Robley Dunglison
Robley Dunglison, Medical Lexicon (Dictionary of Medical Science).
- Domestic Medicine · William Buchan
William Buchan, Domestic Medicine (12th ed., 1791).