Chapter 48 Notes Part I - Coffee vs Tea

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"Folly," gapes Mason. "Why, ev'ry cup of Tea is perfect...?"
(467.25)

Japhy Ryder about tea:
"Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea," said Japhy. "Remember
that book I told you about the first sip is joy the second gladness, the
third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy."
(Jack Kerouac: _The Dharma Bums_,1958, Chapter 9, p. 52 in my British
edition)

Otto

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> 467.11-12  "Disgusting? this is Tea, Friend, Cha,- what all tasteful
London drinks,-- that," pollicating the Coffee-Pot, "is what's disgusting."
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> Coffee vs. tea, grain vs. grape, Mason vs. Dixon, Beethoven vs. Rossini,
Gustav vs. Saure (GR: p.440 onwards). Good friends who spend time together
always have something to quarrel about. And their differences makes such
duets all the more interesting. True dialectic comes from antithesis. “From
things that differ comes the fairest attunement.” (Heracleitus)
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