An informative reference on tea and using it in a magical practice. It makes sense to me that tea could be integrated into kitchen witchery.

Full of information! If you're looking for a quick handbook into tea scrying this has way more than that -- it's like a little encyclopedia of tea, which I thought was fascinating. A welcome addition to a cookbook collection or a witchy collection.

While I was really interested in this premise, I think I might be too much of a spiritual baby to be able to attempt these. I might not be there in my spiritual journey yet. I loved the opportunity to read tho!

Very informative book. Full of a lot of useful information. This book will also be very useful for future reference

An extensive and informative compendium of everything tea and how tea can be used in both day-to-day and in practice.

Marontate includes a comprehensive description of what exactly defines teas, and the differences between tea and tisane. The information breaks down not only what a tea is, but also the historic preparations for each blend.

While I appreciate the in depth discussions about tea blends and related water rituals, I was hoping for a little more detail on actual scrying and how to interpret tea leaves. That being said, it was still an enjoyable read.

Reader does get some history and connections to kitchen witchcraft. Goes through the process of tea from the plant to it coming us and enjoying it. It is a good one for tea lovers.

This is a lovely little book. It starts out with some history and a lot of information about different types of tea, some of which was new to me.

Health benefits of tea are covered, leading artfully into the subject of meditation. The author points out the benefits of more aromatic teas and the relationship to aromatherapy, then there's a whole chapter on the benefits of pure, clear water.

The water chapter started out with first a very practical warning about drinking water from natural sources that might no longer be safe to drink and options for filtering or boiling, then offered some very interesting symbolic uses for water from various sources.

Unfortunately it crossed the line into new age when talking about collecting rainbow water and associating day of the week correspondences didn't feel well placed, though the associations themselves were quite accurate.

After this we get to tea leaf scrying, which is likely what most people are looking for in a book of this nature.

Rather than going immediately into tea leaf reading as one might expect, the author begins this chapter with how to use a cup of tea for hydromancy. The method makes a lot of sense when explained in the way she does. The one thing I would disagree with is the encouragement to avoid blinking, even when your eyes start to water. This of course can damage your eyes.

Also the tea blend she prefers is made up of ingredients that few people will know how to find.

I did find the concept of using a teabag as a pendulum amusing, especially as most English teabags don't have the strings and paper tabs that are common to American teabags, which make the method possible.

We then get some rituals the author uses for her favoured gods and a few ideas for meditating with your cuppa before get into reading tea leaves. The tea leaf reading chapter had some creative ideas for flower teas and such but nothing on traditional symbols. Going into crystals in tea, even with a few safety warnings, dropped a star off my review. Pure new age nonsense.

Some interesting ideas about applying sigil magic to a cup are then followed up by a significant percentage of the book talking about the author's ideas of spirituality and how tea relates. Overall the book does present some interesting ideas, but it didn't really give me what I wanted from a book on this subject.

Tea is one of my favorite things so I was ecstatic to read this. I love how the book had information on the plants used and the properties that could be gained from it. This was informative and easy to digest.

I've found that as I've reconnected with my spiritual side, I've found myself drinking far more tea, which immediately request this book without even looking at the description. I enjoyed the tips and tricks for each of the different teas in each of the forms of magic. The author is clearly very knowledgeable and experienced with the subject. At times it got a little dry for me and verbose...and I couldnt help but wonder how to pick out all of the different herbs in a tea....that takes some serious dedication I'm not sure I have.

Encyclopedic knowledge of tea with practical applications for magic users.

Starting with the primary types of tea, how they're made, and what they are good for- this book is incredibly through. I was especially impressed that there was even a chapter about cannabis tea. Recipes and spells are intermingled with knowledge and insight creating a delightful resource. I especially appreciate the author's use of the appendices to gather information conveniently. Though I would be wary of communing with the dead without further research or experience.

Overall I was thrilled by the many takeaways this read offered me for my own practices. My only qualm would be that I have limited access to the various water sources listed, making some of the work inaccessible.

[Thank you to NetGalley and Llewellyn Publications for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.]

Good reference book. It explores the history of tea, how to make it, and ways it can be used magically. I really liked the zodiac and moon phase sections. I'm new to tasseography and skimmed that section. Overall, this was an intriguing book with a lot of helpful information regardless of what level the reader is at

Informative and fun, geared towards beginners just getting into tea magic. Not quite what I was expecting - it was more focused on history and meaning of different types of tea than the actual practical aspects of tea scrying - but overall well-researched and a good jumping off point!

I really enjoyed reading this. It was very informative and fun to read.
The only thing I was missing were images, to make some things more clear.
Also, I felt that some information was a little bit dragged out and in the end, you get a lot of info about the different tea but I would have liked more information about how to use them and wherefore.

Interesting, original, and intriguing. it's the first book i read about tea magic and found it easy to follow and full of interesting ideas.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine

interesting book to read
seemed helpful and i might try some of them but unsrue but im unsure who would this book
5 star book

As a tea lover and just getting into the witchy things this book was really informative and presented really well! It I loved learning about all the different tea magics and I think this book is going to be really awesome for tea lovers and practicing or even curious about witchy things! This was a really fun and interesting read.

Honestly, as a practicing witch- I did find a lot of useful information within the pages of this book. I did enjoy the way the content was delivered and I am happy that I had the opportunity to read it and learn from it.

Thank you to the publisher and to Net Galley for the opportunity to review this wonderful book. My review opinions are my own. This is a book I highly recommend .

I was trained in tea magic and was thrilled to find so much in depth information in this book. The author has made this book understandable for beginners or experienced witches. A exciting part of this book for me is the history of every type of tea . The author has including magical uses, health uses and even creating your own blends of tea as well as specific uses of every type of tea. The creation of your tea, water and types of tea is included. If your looking for magical spells with tea the author has a guide here to reading leaves and brewing tea for magic. This is a fascinating history and use of tea here that everyone who enjoys tea and creates magic with tea will enjoy. .

I highly recommend this book for beginners or experienced witches, for all tea drinkers and those who want to learn a complete history of tea and its many uses throughout history. I look forward to buying a hard copy fior my collection to use as referance . A most excellent read. Brew a cup of your favorite tea while reading this will enhance your reading enjoyment and educastion of tea.

Tasseography, the use of tea leaves (or coffee grounds) for divination, is an ancient art and one I've been personally interested in for a number of years but have never found a truly satisfying book on the subject. Imagine my excitement when I was gift an e-ARC from the publisher for Tea Magic by Jenay Marontate! "Finally," I thought, "here is a book that will explain tasseography." Alas, my search continues because the actual section on interpreting tea leaves and symbols is small and comes at the very end of the book. The majority of the book is dedicated to the various types of teas, blends, and their preparations.

This is not to say the book isn't interesting because it is! I had no idea tea could be such a complex subject, and I'm also grateful to have information provided on different types of water that can be used for steeping tea in order to enhance its mystical properties. Marontate differentiates between green tea, black tea, white tea, and herbal infusions, which aren't truly "tea" as they generally don't contain any actual tea leaves. She also provides information on steeping times, water temperature, and a host of other brilliant insights into how to incorporate tea magic into daily life. I will certainly be referring to this book in the future.

However, I still wish the author had spent more time exploring the actual practice of tasseography as a form of divination. Whether it be in the form of interpreting visions found in clouds of milk or cream added to tea (or coffee) and signs/symbols in leaves (or grounds), I would have liked more pages devoted to the practical side of tea magic than to the selection of the tea itself. There are certainly little insightful nuggets throughout the book, such as using a tea bag as a pendulum (something I'd never considered before and I use pendulums a lot), that I found helpful and will definitely try in the future.

Overall, I had hoped a book titled Tea Magic would spend a little more time on the practical side of the magic. But, I'm happy to have read the book and will gladly add a physical copy to my shelf upon publication.

“Tea Magic: Spells, Rituals, and Divination in a Cup,” by Jenny Marontate is a delightful blend of enchantment and practical knowledge.

This book is filled with information on tea, including its history, varieties, various brewing methods and blends, uses in magic, types of water you can use to make it—and so much more. You might think you’d be bewildered by all the info that is packed in “Tea Magic,” but you won’t be. Marontate knows her subject well and deftly guides the reader through all the details with a light touch.

It’s hard to overstate how much fun it was to read this. Marontate takes the reader through moon water, spells, tasseography, tons of tea blends and their uses, scrying, a well-detailed appendix and a useful bibliography. And again, there’s a lot more.

Casual fans of tea and serious aficionados will find something to enjoy in this book, as will experienced readers of the tea leaves and workers of folk magic. I thought I was a big fan of tea, but found this book interesting enough to spur me on to learn even more. You don’t need to be interested in tea magic to enjoy this book. It’s just fun.

Highly recommended.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing a copy of this book.