Tea is introduced to Japan as a medicine. Saicho, spends three years visiting Chinese Buddhist temples on orders from the emperor, then returns to Japan with tea. Zen Buddhism is introduced into Japan. Rikyu has formalized the tea ceremony. The first English mention of tea appears in a translation of a Dutch navigator's travels.
Tea is referred to as chaa .
1657 Public sale of tea begins in London. The Tea Page Okakura, Kakuzo. The Book of Tea . Dover Publications, Inc., 1964. Tea Life, Tea Mind .