Tea in China: a religious and cultural history

Tea as a religious and cultural commodity in traditional China

The early history of tea: myth and reality

Buddhism and tea during the Tang Dynasty

Tea poetry in Tang China

The patron saint of tea: religious aspects of the life and work of Lu Yu

Tea: invigorating the body, mind, and society in the Song Dynasty

Tea comes to Japan: Eisai's Kissa yojoki

Religion and culture in the tea economy of late imperial China

Conclusions.