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October 04, 2005

Book Review: Coffee Grounds & Tea Leaf Reading

Coffee_grounds_bookcoverI gather this book, The Complete Guide to Coffee Grounds & Tea Leaf Reading, is part of a series of "guides".  I hope the others in the series are better than this one.

I bought this book because I thought it would be fun to invite my nieces up for a tea party and do a little foretelling.  They're at an age when tea parties start to lose their childhood shimmer, and I would hate for that to happen.  So, says I, let's do something fun! 

However, since they don't drink tea (they usually drink cocoa at our tea parties) I needed to find an alternative to tea leaves.  Why, then, you're asking, did I buy a book on coffee ground/tea leaf reading?  Because there isn't anything out there on reading cocoa dregs.  The title of this book led me to think it was a little broader in scope than the "traditional" tea leaf reading books. 

And it is.  But it's greatly in want of a good editor.  For instance, the text reads: "The cup pictured on the right is suitable, whereas the one on the left is not."  Followed by this picture:

Cups

Now I ask you, how is one to become an expert in tasseomancy given this kind of confusion?

To give credit, this book didn't cost much, and it does have a ton of symbols and meanings.  However, for the newbie, black and white drawings don't really help much.  I would have like to see at least ONE example photograph, and sample interpretation. 

I will probably keep this book on my shelf as a reference, but I'm going to try out some other divination type books before I schedule my tea party.  And since this is all in fun, if I can't find anything good, I'll probably just make up a bunch of stuff.  After all, how hard can it be?  Teenage girls still want to hear about the cute boy coming their way, don't they?

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