Tea Leaf Reading: A Divination Guide for the Bottom of Your Cup

by Dennis Fairchild

Read your future in tea leaves with this miniature guide to the ancient art of tea leaf reading. Every aspect is made easy, with instructions for picking out the correct utensils, dividing your cup, and even an in-depth glossary of symbols. This Miniature Edition is perfect for finding all the secrets at the bottom of your teacup.

Genres: Nonfiction, Witchcraft, Occult, Spirituality, Divination, Reference

144 pages, Hardcover

First published September 22, 2015

Reviews

[Nori Fitchett · Rating 2 out of 5]

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This book is aesthetically pleasing with beautiful illustrations but that unfortunately is where my praise ends.
This book is quite on helpful with its instructions and fairly pretentious when it comes to the art of tea leaf for reading, particularly for beginners.
It expects the reader to have access to filter spring water, organic tea leaves, silver or stainless steel items, several individual teapots, a round bodied kettle and the gas stove top to heat it with.
I’m not adverse to having my tea leaves read by someone else but personally I’m sticking to the far more accessible tarot.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Adorable tiny book, loved the illustrations and detailed aesthetics.
However some explanations are not clear at all and almost contradictory. I was left confused about some steps.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a cute little book, but I find it a little hard to read. I think the author went for a "playful" style of writing and lost the way of conveying the information clearly. I needed to reread passages over and over, and I'm still a little lost on how many spoons of tea to add to the pot and when (they make it sound like 6 in total for one, may two persons!).

It is however a convenient size for travel. Half of this tiny (and cute) book is taken up by simple meanings on shapes found. The actual instruction on the "reading" of tea leaves is somewhat lacking, so I'll need find a more comprehensive book, which is not surprising given it's size.

[Ian S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tying into a personal New Years tradition, learning more about the fortune telling world is fascinating. With a semi religious background, that’s grown more as I’ve studied more, I feel there’s something to this energy and predictions told in cards, tea leaves, and water. Who knows more than those beyond the vale?

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremely detailed for such a small book, easy to understand and very beginner's friendly.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute bite-sized guide to tea reading, with a well-structured glossary of symbols. Petite but useful.

[John Fox · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good little book about tea leaf reading

[Letizia Loi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Questo libricino minuscolo (grande meno di un palmo) è carinissimo e pieno di consigli utili su come fare un buon tè e leggere le foglie. La lista di simboli non è molto esaustiva, ma per quello ci sono centinaia di link utili su internet. Sicuramente questo libricino vale il suo prezzo e potrebbe essere una carinissima idea regalo per chi si sta interessando all'argomento, o anche solo per gli appassionati di tè.

[Sabrina Vincent · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great little introduction

[Claudia (Encruzilhada dos Livros) · Rating 3 out of 5]

As nonsensical as one would expect a book about tea leaf reading to be, this was the super cute.

[Roberta · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a good book for a beginner: it does not contain everything, but it introduces you to the tea leaf reading world. It starts with a History class, then it explains what teapot and teaspoons you should use, then how to brew your tea and eventually it talks about the reading itself. At the end of the book, you can find a little dictionary, so you can find easily the meaning of a leaf blob.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

I cant wait to try it out :)

[Belle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aah, I love cute little books like this! I am sure there is much more to the art of tea pouring and tea leaf reading (just ask my former Mandarin teacher), but it is a very nice and concise introduction.

Unfortunately, my edition was glued a bit crookedly but it is still cute. (I mean, i cannot complain - it was only 5 bucks.)

[Kris Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

It shouldn't have taken me as long as it did to finish this, but I was making a lot of notes for my own grimoire, so perhaps it'll be "faster" to get the details. Though, the book is small enough that I realize I may not have needed to, and it has a glossary that it'd be better to read from the source than write it out. You definitely should read this if you need something quick and to the point about reading Tea Leaves. It's a very tiny book that you could literally put in your pocket.

[Immortal Witchling]

Has a detailed description of what each image means depending on which section is settled in. A nice book for quick check up on meanings but wouldn't take the instructions very seriously. There are other ways to read leaves.

[Jessy · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's so tiny and cute. So so very cute. It looks adorable next to my teapots and tea collection too.
I have not tried any of the readings yet but I'm looking forward to it!

[Daniela · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really wanted this book to be bigger and more explicit. It’s cute but I might be thinking it’s not worth the price.

[Mase · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was an interesting read. Cute and small book that gives some useful information on tasseomancy for beginners.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Doesn't quite describe the layout of the cup the way I expected it to, and doesn't have dogs (who doesn't see puppies in their cup!) but it's a fun little pocket book.

[Brenda Ozog]

This book it tiny. It's not a regular sized book but talks about symbolism tea leaf readers look for

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's nice to see a divination volume that presents positive imagery rather than doom and gloom! Very useful.

[Jenny Castaway · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this short little how to and reference guide on tea. Tho it was written where I had to reread some lines I still would recommend it.
Informative and helpful.

[Emilia Vega · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tengo muchas ganas de probarlo pero hay cosas que no me quedan 100% claras

[Lolo · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute little how to guide that doesn't take itself to seriously and encourages having fun and letting your imagination guide you.

[Liana Lopez · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good and small introduction to tea leaf reading and more a beginner guide.

Found the symbol interpretations could be confusing as they hold different meanings based on the section they land in the cup. I would think intuition can help guide you in general when you tea leaf read

[Ashley Branch · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this cute mini tea leaf guide for a party with friends to read each other's tea leaves. It's fun for nonbelievers, and the illustrations are very pretty.