{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Early History of Japanese Tea - Tales of the Samurai #3","description":"In this episode we go way back to the early history of tea in Japan; where it came from, who brought it, who drank it, and why.&amp;nbsp; We look at tea's trip from Buddhist medicine to a fancy high-end foreign drink, to a drink for the masses, and how it got from the monastery to the millet grubbing dirt farmers. Support the podcast on Patreon:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/samuraiarchives Shopping on&amp;nbsp;Amazon.com?&amp;nbsp; Use our link:&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=samurai-20 Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast:&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/amzn.to\/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore:&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop&amp;nbsp;(T-Shirts, etc)&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter&amp;nbsp;@SamuraiArchives&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/samuraiarchives Facebook:&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Samurai-Archives\/104533213984 Samurai Archives Podcast on Reddit:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/samuraipodcast\/ Samurai Archives podcast blog:&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.samuraipodcast.com Samurai Archives Forum:&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.japanhistoryforum.com Patreon Special Thanks: Luis, Cody Makua Burks ","author_name":"Samurai Archives Japanese History Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.samuraipodcast.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6669493\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/21387537"}