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03-06-2007, 06:11 PM
I just posted a thread in the Food forum about the origins of Japanese tea-drinking, so yeah, I'm interested. ^^ Don't know much about them though, except that the Japanese word for tea ("o-cha") may derive from the Portuguese word for tea ("cha").
EDIT: Nyororin just informed me that tea-drinking was brought into Japan from China and then *exported to Portugal*. Apparently tea has been consumed in Asia since the 9th Century.
Thanks, Nyororin!
~annelie
"It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." -from the film Coach Carter
Last edited by annelie82 : 03-06-2007 at 06:28 PM.
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