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Esoteric Tea Lore and Ceremonial Enigmas
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Mystical reading of tea leaves for divining fate.
- 2. Small fragment whose patterns reveal prophetic visions.
- 4. Japanese ritual transforming water and leaves into mindfulness.
- 7. Alternate phonetic form of oolong with regional roots.
- 10. Purple tea variant, its color suggests alchemical transformation.
- 12. Exotic spiced blend fusing South American and Indian essences.
- 13. Rare Japanese leaf tea with ceremonial botanical significance.
- 16. Powdered green tea integral to Zen monastic focus.
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- 3. The ceramic art vital to brewing and presenting tea.
- 5. Philosophy underpinning Japanese tea rites and tranquility.
- 6. Fermented dark tea named after a southwestern Chinese city.
- 8. Elaborate Chinese method, a 'skill' in tea brewing.
- 9. Device hosting leaves in steeping magic.
- 11. Semi-oxidized tea bridging green and black’s worlds.
- 14. Infusion of herbs, not true tea leaves, often mystic in use.
- 15. Deep amber infusion arising from traditional spiced blends.
- 17. Chinese province famed for ancient tea terroir.
- 18. Japanese green tea harvested early — fresh and prized.
- 19. Way of brewing Japan's most ubiquitous green variety.
- 20. Way of tea; a disciplined path of Japanese tea art.
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