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Lemon in Tea
People who like a slice of lemon in their ten may he interested to know where the leimm and the. habit came from. Mr Okukura Kakuz.o says in his “Book of Tea" that so early as the fourth century of tlie present- era tea was highly prized by the Chinese for “relieving fatigue, delighting the soul, strengthening the will, and repairing the eyesight." The Taoi-t----claimed it as an important ingredient in the elixir of immortality, and the Buddhists used it to prevent drowsiness during their long hours ol meditation. But at this stage of histoii it mint have been fine, confused drinking, for it was boiled with rice, ginger, salt, orange or lemon peel, and horrible to relate, sometimes with onions! It was the Russians who learned to make tea from the Chinese, who retained the slice of lemon.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 April 1923, Page 2
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146THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 17 April 1923, Page 2
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