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I found this pretty little book about tea, and, well, I just couldn't leaf without it ☕️ I never turn down an opportunity to brew up some qualitea puns, so I'm milking this one for all it's worth. #tea #teaislife #thebookoftea #kakuzookakura #okakurakakuzo #bookstagram

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A Venom Dark and Sweet by Judy I. Lin My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is incredible . A Venom Dark and Sweet delivers a darker, more expansive finale to A Magic Steeped in Poison. The stakes scale from personal (saving Shu) to epic (stopping an ancient evil God), and the tone shifts from court intrigue to mythic conflict. The prose remains evocative—even in the bleakest moments, the detailed descriptions of food, ritual, and tea magic keep the world rooted in sensory richness. And damn. When I said I wanted more, this is exactly I wanted. I can't wait to find more books like this. If anyone has any recommendations I am all ears. I found the development of Ning and her sister bittersweet and enticing. The side characters all had deep meaning and contributed to the world building of the book beautifully, just as well as they did in the first book. In Venom, mass poisonings become the tool of an ancient evil—the Banished Prince—and serve as a symbol of corruption, fear, and control over the kingdom. The “venom” isn’t just literal toxins, but a metaphor woven into tea‑magic, divine mythos, trauma, and betrayal. The golden serpent deity haunting Ning’s nightmares crystallizes that poison is both physical and spiritual. Meanwhile in Book One, tea ceremony magic is intimate and ritualistic. In Book Two, it scales up—the magic becomes weaponized and divine, capable of confronting gods and ancient curses. Ning’s growing mastery transforms tea from comfort to destiny-shaping power. Final thoughts?? A Venom Dark and Sweet is a compelling, layered conclusion to Judy I. Lin’s duology. It pushes the series from intimate intrigue into mythic confrontation, giving its characters and magical motifs deeper resonance. You’ll leave with a rich sense of transformation: Ning and Kang have grown into leaders, and the poison that once harmed becomes the catalyst for healing and resistance. I absolutely devoured the second book. Unlike the first book which I listened to across a few days, this one I've been listening to all day. I like how the voice actors for this book have a brilliant ability to put on many voices to give the different characters their own life. I found it hard at times whilst listening to believe that the voice actors were the same person. View all my reviews

🍵 THE BOOK OF TEA SERIES 🍵 I'm sick today, so instead of a long caption...just enjoy this gorgeous pin that was a pre-order incentive for the second in The Book of Tea series by @judyilinauthor! Isn't it gorgeous? 😍 (Swipe to see a close-up) So, yeah, my kiddo and I have been sick since Friday, fighting some kind of rhinovirus (we've both tested negative for C-19 twice, so there's that at least). So I've been down for the count! I actually feel my worst today, and he's stayed home from school again for the second day. But hopefully today will be the worst, and then we'll be on the upswing! Q: Since that means we did absolutely nothing this weekend, tell me how *your* weekend was! Or, if you've read this series, what did you think? 🍵 🍵 🍵 #thebookoftea #thebookofteaduology #judyilin #judyilinauthor #amagicsteepedinpoison #avenomdarkandsweet #yaliteraturejunkie #yaliterature #yalit #yalovin #yalove #yabookstagrammer #yabooks #yabookseries #yabookstagram #youngadult #youngadultfiction #youngadultbooks #readdiversebooks #readdiversely #readdiverse #bookstagrammers #Bookstagrammer #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #booksbooksbooks #booknerd #booknerds #booklovers #booklover https://www.instagram.com/p/CispFE2Lwh3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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One of the things that calms me the most is watching this tea ceremonies. I have always felt a respect for the honor to daily things, daily details, daily tasks, that eastern cultures show. Specially for a person  like me, for whom sometimes doing little things can be the beginning of an internal conflict of wether I am being smart enough while doing them, practical, ordered, if everything in my logic of doing things is clear to my and to others, If they approve it or if i am being complacient enough to others (and if it is a good idea being so), If it is useful for the world’s welfare and society, If it is productive effort, etc. Yes, it’s that bad I’m afraid, you might know that horrible monologue yourself. Honestly, to see that someone, in some place of the world, takes this much attention to something like brewing tea, makes me feel the world is not that oppresing. It makes me feel that it’s ok not being in a hurry all the time, and that art and method can be in everything we do. And also is facinating to take conciense, to really note that there are so much details in many of the things we do, that there are so much micro tasks involved even in the simple acts. Those are the forgoten and given for granted marvels of the human brain that Minsky mentions in his book “The society of the mind”. Those that we as adults tend to underestimate, but that once as children took us so much effort to master, and that those who work with robots know they can be a real miracle to achieve when you are trying to program something to do them. And there can be beauty in each step if you look carefully. One day, when this quarantine is over, I would love to do things like this. For now, I started reading The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura.

Deux beaux livres pour les amateurs.trices de thé & tisanes. Une fois vides, les petits contenants des Frères Dammann sont parfaits pour les petites plantes ! #tisanesanté @teapigs #thebookoftea #tea #tisane #infusion @dammannfreres_officiel #thé #pilea #hygge #winter #plantes https://www.instagram.com/p/BrhOAEHHf-T/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nt0kfrm7a5k3