An updated edition of the “World’s Best Tea Book” acclaimed by the 2014 World Tea Awards. This widely praised bestseller has been updated to incorporate the changing tastes of tea drinkers, developments in production, the impact of climate change, and an expanded and more highly developed tea market. This third edition improves Tea with this
An updated edition of the “World’s Best Tea Book” acclaimed by the 2014 World Tea Awards.
This widely praised bestseller has been updated to incorporate the changing tastes of tea drinkers, developments in production, the impact of climate change, and an expanded and more highly developed tea market. This third edition improves Tea with this revised and extended content plus new photographs.
TeaTime Magazine called Tea “the reference work we’ve been waiting for”, noting its value to students.
Library Journal praised Tea as a “definitive guide to tea (that) will appeal to die-hard tea enthusiasts.”
Tea House Times found Tea “impressive, well researched, and complete.”
Tea takes readers on an escorted tour of the world’s tea-growing countries — China, Japan, Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vietnam and East Africa — where they will discover how, like a fine wine, it is “terroir” (soil and climate) that gives a tea its unique characteristics.
The authors own the popular Camellia Sinensis Tea House in Montreal which imports teas directly from producers in these countries. Each author focuses on specific tea regions where they travel every year to work with growers and producers, discover new teas and keep abreast of developments that might, for example, remove a tea from the tea house’s menu.
The book covers black, green, white, yellow, oolong, pu’er, perfumed, aromatic and smoked teas and includes: An overview of the history of tea Tea families, varieties, cultivars and grades How tea is grown, harvested and processed The tea trade worldwide Profile interviews with tea industry personalities.
Special features that loyal tea drinkers will especially enjoy are: Local tastes and methods of preparing tea (e.g. macha) Tasting notes and infusion accessories Teapot recommendations Caffeine, antioxidant and biochemical properties of 35 teas 15 gourmet recipes using tea A directory of 42 select teas.
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Excellent book I bought this book largely because I wanted to know what the heck a terroir is…No, that’s not quite right. I bought this book because I’ve been drinking gallons of tea every week for years without a real appreciation for its history, cultivation or production. I’d tried quite a wide variety of teas, all loose leaf of course, without taking any tasting notes, and while I had a vague idea of what I preferred and the differences between different varieties of teas I certainly…
Comprehensive, encyclopedic book on tea â but not great for the tea newbie So here’s the thing. I’m starting a research project on tea, and as a newbie, just want to be eased into the basics. What is a green? What is a black? How do you go about tasting a tea, what do you look for in buying a tea? I also appreciate history told in a narrative, vs. an encyclopedic, fashion.This book is about as readable as an encyclopedia â that is to say, not at all. It’s not narrative based; rather, it has chunks of facts such as pages listing otherwise obscure varietals…
Review of Tea: History, Terroirs, Varieties Tea: History, Terroirs, Varieties (Second Edition) by Kevin Gascoyne, Francois Marchand, and Jasmin Desharnais is great book on tea because it thoroughly provides an overview of teaâs history, different varieties, growing and harvesting process, fascinating ceremonies, local methods of preparation, tasting notes, and infusion accessories. A lot is covered in this book on all of the topics a beginner, or even a more experienced tea drinker, would be interested in.But the really…