Bibliography of Booklets About Tasseomancy Issued by Tea Companies
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This page is part of the Mystic Tea Room Bibliography series, covering instructional books and booklets.
- * Bibliography of Books about Tasseomancy:
- Hardbound and paperback instruction books on tea leaf reading.
- * Bibliography of Booklets About Tasseomancy Issued by Tea Companies:
- Instruction booklets on how to read tea leaves that promoted brands of tea.
- * Bibliography of Booklets on Tasseomancy Issued by Pottery Companies:
- Instruction booklets on how to read tea leaves that promoted brands of pottery.
- * Tea Company Booklets:
- Overview of booklets iabout growing, harvesting, and packing, and brewing tea.
- * Tea Leaf Reading Instruction Sheets and Booklets:
- Site-wide link-list of tea cups that were issued with Tasseomancy Instruction Sheets and Booklets.
Contents |
Tasseomancy Booklets issued by Tea Companies
Tea companies have historically issued two types of booklets.
- * Tea Company Booklets: All about growing, harvesting, and packing tea, plus instructions on how to brew a good cup of tea.
- * Tasseomancy Booklets Issued by Tea Companies: Illustrated instructions on how to read tea leaves. <-- YOU ARE HERE.
And now, on to this bibliography!
Bushnell's Blue Label Tea
Bushnell’s Blue Label. How to Read Tea Cups. Bushell’s Ltd, c.1934-1946.
- At least two editions with identical contents and different photo-covers.]
Leeman's Tell Your Fortune Tea
Benevente, Marcia. Tea Fortunes! Stephen Leeman Products, 1931 and 1946
- Two editions exist with variant covers and advertisements; the contents otherwise are identical.
Lipton's Tea
Princess Romana. Your Fortune in the Tea Cup. Thomas J. Lipton, Inc., 1934.
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Lipton. The Cup of Knowledge — Lipton’s. Thomas J. Lipton, Ltd., 1938.
- Lipton's Tea Cup of Knowledge, Alfred Meakin Royal Marigold Cup.
- 16 pg. Booklet
Red Rose Tea
Red Rose Tea: Cup of Fortune
- Tea Leaf Reading Booklet, "Cup of Fortune," Red Rose Tea, circa 1965
- 10 pg. Booklet
- Issued by the Red Rose tea company, this booklet was distributed in conjunction with the sale of a set of three fortune telling tea cups, numbered 1, 2, and 3, made by the Taylor and Kent pottery company, and so it is double-listed and appears in both categories -- tea cups and tea reading booklets.
- To see the tea cups themselves, go to Cup of Fortune (1964) Red Rose.
Salada Tea
Salada. Cup Reading. Salada Tea, c 1934 - 1940 with variant covers and contents.
Salada. The Tea Cup Mystery. Salada Tea, c 1934 - 1940.
Thanks to my husband nagasiva yronwode for helping with scans and cleanup. I couldn't have done it without you, dear.
catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room
