There was a group of elderly
gentlemen in Japan who would meet to exchange news and drink tea. One of their
diversions was to search for costly varieties of tea and create new blends that
would delight the palate.
When it was the turn of the oldest
member of the group to entertain the others, he served tea with the greatest
ceremony, measuring out the leaves from a golden container. Everyone had the
highest praise for the tea and demanded to know by what particular combination
he had arrived at this exquisite blend.
The old man smiled and said,
"Gentlemen, the tea that you find so delightful is the one that is drunk
by the peasants on my farm. The finest things in life are neither costly nor
hard to find."
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