Japanese Tea Ceremony comes from A Catholic Ceremony

Did  you know that the Japanese Tea Ceremony derives from a Catholic Ceremony?

Francis Xavier’s feast day is December 3. For those of us who love our afternoon tea, it is a feast we should well note. For the world’s most civilized habit owes a huge debt of gratitude to Xavier and his Jesuit missionaries who traveled to Japan in 1549.

So if you love tea, raise a cup on December third to honor St. Francis Xavier and his brave Jesuits who gave the Mass to Asia, and the Tea to the rest of the world.

http://www.crisismagazine.com/2012/tea-and-christianity