Cha Dao takes us on a fascinating journey through the Way of Tea,from its origins in the sacred mountains and temples of ancient China,through its links to Daoist concepts such as Wu Wei or non-striving andthe Value of Worthlessness, to the affinity between Tea Mind and theJapanese spirit of Zen. Interspersed are quotes from the great teamasters of the past, anecdotes from the author's own trips toChina, and traditional tea stories from China and Japan.