The Tea Master
Mohei Honda is one of Japan's most innovative tea masters. He experiments, purifies, and reinvents the ancient art of tea, which he presents as a perfect antidote to the frenzy of today's world. Through the quest of this young, determined, visionary tea master, a whole generation takes shape, trying to build a separate Japanese society that could reconcile ancestral values and the modern world.
Mohei Honda is one of Japan's most innovative tea masters. He experiments, purifies, and reinvents the ancient art of tea, which he presents as a perfect antidote to the frenzy of today's world. Through the quest of this young, determined, visionary tea master, a whole generation takes shape, trying to build a separate Japanese society that could reconcile ancestral values and the modern world.
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