The Stranger in the Cup
From Mystic Tea Room
"The Stranger in the Cup" is a heavily illustrated instruction book about tea leaf reading written by Gregory Lee White and catherine yronwode. It covers in detail the history of tea, the best teas for fortune-telling, the history of tea rooms, and the development of the specially marked and [[Design Patents}patented]] Astrology Cups, Cartomancy Cups, Numerology Cups, and Symbol Cups that are used by many practitioners of tea leaf reading.
Going far beyond the basic list of 144 tea leaf symbols provided at this site, this book offers 730 symbols for the divining reader to look up and use, as well as 40 illustrated and interpreted sample cups for study and practice. Also included is a selection of illustrations of vintage advertisements for tea leaf reading services and a lengthy bibliography of books about tasseomancy.
Sales of this 96-page book support your free access to The Mystic Tea Room, and you can order it here for $9.00 per copy, plus shipping.