Lu Yu figurine in Ru porcelain

Lucky figurine of Lu Yu who is the recognized tea saint in China.   Who was Lu Yu? 

Born in 733 BC of the Tang dynasty, Luyu composed the world's first tea book, which is called The Canon of Tea. 

Many tea experts / lovers are deeply influenced by this book and have learned from this book. 

Lu Yu teaches that the circumstances and the place of the tasting are only accessories, and it is therefore possible to vary the label according to the environment, the number of guests and their rank: next to a stream among the pines, you can do less than many things, "but if, in a city, in the presence of a king or a duke, even one of the twenty-four prescribed instruments is missing, then it is better to give up making tea altogether".