VIDI AQUAM: A CATHOLIC TEA CEREMONY ramps expectation of something happening and

expectation of something happening and with diminishing curiosity because a long time had passed without anything to excite my attention

• A seminal text in the development of Western herbal medicine

The reed with a sponge (also left)

As was custom for someone meeting the emperor

VIDI AQUAM: A CATHOLIC TEA CEREMONY ramps expectation of something happening and***PLEASE EMAIL US TO BOOK YOUR SESSION*** Camellia sinensis, the ancient tea plant, is among the oldest botanicals known to humankindan evergreen that survived the Ice Age and continues to offer its grace across centuries and continents. Once hailed as a panacea, tea has been revered not only as a beverage but as medicinefor heart, for mind, for body. In the stillness of its preparation, and the reverence of its sharing, tea becomes more than drink;