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The Art and Craft of Tea: An Enthusiast’s Guide to Selecting, Brewing, and Serving Exquisite Tea

Let Joseph Wesley Uhl be your guide to the entire world of tea; from peeks into tea production around the world to brewing your own blends at home.”Water is the mother of tea, a teapot its father, and fire the teacher.” — Chinese ProverbAs one of the most consumed beverages in the world, a cup of tea is a common shared experience across cultures and traditions. Companies and consumers alike are reawakening to the benefits of high-quality, unprocessed, natural beverages, and tea is a perfect obsession for anyone interested in artisan food and healthy eating.In The Art and Craft of Tea, entrepreneur and enthusiast Joseph Wesley Uhl brings to the story of tea its due reverence, making its history, traditions, and possibilities accessible to all. If you want to go beyond reading and enter your kitchen, Joseph offers “recipes” for creating your own tea blends using natural ingredients.Inside you’ll find:- A detailed overview of tea’s history and origins- Thoughtful descriptions of global brewing methods- Innovative ideas for iced tea, tea cocktails, and DIY blends.

Coffee Recipes: A Beginner’s Guide to Making a Perfect Cup with Over 30 Delicious Recipes to Spoil You and Your Loved Ones (Frapuccino,Mocaccino and Latte Recipes)

Are you a coffee lover? If you are then you are definitely not alone because coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the entire world. With variations all over the world, coffee actually has a number of benefits as well. Everyone has heard that coffee can stunt your growth or that it can cause insomnia, but did you know that these things are actually myths? That’s right. Coffee is actually really good for you in a number of ways (not to spoil the book but it will actually help you lose weight!) so you actually want to include it in your diet. Throughout this book we will help you understand all of the benefits of coffee, all the myths that you’ve heard throughout your life and, of course, exactly how to make that perfect cup of coffee. Never settle for a mediocre (or bad) cup of coffee again. Instead, make sure that your cup of coffee is perfect every time. No matter what your favorite type of coffee may be, we can help you make it better and we can even help you try out all new recipes you’ve never even heard of before, from amaretto to mint chocolate and orange.

I Love Coffee! Over 100 Easy and Delicious Coffee Drinks

* I Love Coffee! features over 100 easy-to-make coffee drinks, including the Black Forest Latte, Sugar-Free Java Chai Latte, Iced Orange Mochaccino, Tiramisú Martini, and Candy Cane Latte.* I Love Coffee! brings the passion for coffee into your home with a creative variety of hot and cold drinks. It is the ultimate how-to handbook for the 111 million coffee drinkers in North America.Now coffee lovers can make delicious cappuccinos, cold coffee quenchers, decadent coffee desserts, and classy coffee martinis year-round using simple techniques with gourmet results in this indispensable coffee guide and cookbook.In I Love Coffee! coffee connoisseur Susan Zimmer shares expert advice and techniques, from how to brew the perfect cup and how to make a basic cappuccino without a machine to a World Barista Latte Art Champion’s tips for making masterful latte art designs. It is brimful with a wealth of coffee understanding from the “ground” up, from bean to cup, including international coffees and brewing techniques best suited to a variety of preferences, all topped off with plenty of problem-solving tips and delectable full-color photographs.

The Way of Tea: Reflections on a Life with Tea

The Way of Tea draws upon the wisdom of ancient writings to explain how modern tea lovers can bring peace and serenity to their time with a steaming mug of their favorite beverage—and how to carry that serenity with them throughout the day.Looking at all aspects of tea and the tea ceremony from a spiritual perspective, The Way of Tea shows readers how in the modern world the way of tea does not need to be some somber religious ceremony, but can instead be a path for anyone to experience and share inner peace, relax the ego, and be free and open—an excellent recipe for a life well lived.Chapters include:The Tao of TeaThe Veins of the LeafCalm JoyCompletionThe Tea SpaceLiving Reflections on the Way of Tea

The New Tea Companion Third Edition

Freshly updated and expanded, The New Tea Companion (2015) offers students of tea the most up-to-date details and images of over a hundred teas from the world’s most famous tea-producing regions, including China, India, and Sri Lanka, as well as from countries lesser-known for tea, such as Australia and South Korea. Each entry contains an illuminating description of the tea’s character, taste, and appearance along with essential tips for brewing. Brimming with rich photographs and illustrations, this classic reference book covers the ancient origins of tea to the modern tea renaissance in Europe and America and the rise of tea as a healthy beverage, guiding you along the way to the best Darjeelings, classic Chinese greens, and captivating artisanal teas from tea masters around the world. This is the guidebook used by tea professionals, tea sommeliers, and universities around the world. Endorsed by Teavana, Capital Teas, Metropolitan Tea Company, David’s Teas, Twinings London, T2Tea Australia, and the Canadian Tea Sommelier program.

The Infinite Emotions of Coffee

The Infinite Emotions of Coffee provides a contemporary prism of the drink that so much of the world takes for granted every morning. Technopreneur Halevy’s travels to more than 30 countries on six continents shed light on how coffee has shaped and is influenced by different cultures through the bean’s centuries-spanning journey of serendipity, intrigue, upheavals, revival, romance and passion. With more than three years of field research, over 180 color photographs, and richly illustrated infographics, this book is an immersive experience that brings alive the enduring allure of coffee and the nuanced emotions of both tradition-bound and avant-garde café cultures. Written in an engaging narrative, this travelogue entertains through numerous coffee-related tales from around the world. It celebrates all parts of the inextricably linked global coffee ecosystem, from growers, importers, and roasters to baristas and consumers. Readers will learn about the rich, mysterious and often amusing history of coffee; discover the latest hotbeds of coffee and the complex issues facing the coffee industry today; and meet the worldwide network of inspiringly spirited and passionately committed professionals whose relentless pursuit of excellence are pushing coffee to unprecedented levels of quality.

Luncheons, Teas & Holiday Celebrations: A year of Menus for the Gracious Hostess

The ability to be a gracious hostess is a timeless craft, one that is just as important today as years past. In its 136 pages, this beautiful hardback book presents 17 menus with over 90 recipes, some of the best from Southern Lady magazine, as well as entertaining tips and ideas to help continue the legacy of gracious Southern hospitality.

French Tea: Mariage Freres – Three Centuries of Savoir-Faire

Mariage Freres, the premier tea importers of France since 1854, offer their definitive version of the “art of tea” for those who are unable to resist the temptation of a fragrant cup of tea accompanied by flaky pastry. When Richard Bueno and Kitti Cha Sangmanee bought the well-respected Parisian firm in the early eighties, they expanded the business and give it a radically new dimension by inventing the French “art of tea”. Mariage Freres sought out the best tea buds from all four corners of the globe: green teas from Japan, white teas from China, and First Flush Darjeelings. This book shares new ways of enjoying camellia sinensis and uncovers the secrets of the Mariage Freres tea ritual: mouth-watering recipes, tranquil settings, and beautiful accessories. This refined book – packaged as exquisitely as the company’s tea and tea-related products – is a chic and totally irresistible invitation to tea.

Coffee and Coffeehouses: The Origins of a Social Beverage in the Medieval Near East (Publications on the Near East)

Drawing on the accounts of early European travelers, original Arabic sources on jurisprudence and etiquette, and treatises on coffee from the period, the author recounts the colorful early history of the spread of coffee and the influence of coffeehouses in the medieval Near East. Detailed descriptions of the design, atmosphere, management, and patrons of early coffeehouses make fascinating reading for anyone interested in the history of coffee and the unique institution of the coffeehouse in urban Muslim society

The Home Barista: How to Bring Out the Best in Every Coffee Bean

For coffee enthusiasts everywhere, a charming handbook to becoming your own favorite barista More than 100 million Americans start each day with a cup of coffee (many at no small price)! It’s a fact : We love coffee. Now, in The Home Barista, two professionals reveal the secrets to brewing coffee worthy of the priciest cafés right in your own kitchen. Connoisseurs Simone Egger and Ruby Ashby Orr enlighten readers with insights and advice from crop to cup and beyond. Savvy, smart, and charmingly designed, The Home Barista guides you through the essentials—from understanding your bean’s origins and establishing your palate to perfecting your technique. It’s the essential coffee-lover’s guide to turning a simple bean into a sensational beverage:Roast your own beans. (Is it worth it? How not to burn them!)Learn all the lingo you need to talk coffee like a pro.Master the elusive espresso (by refining tamp, time, and temperature).Create barista-worthy milk texture and foam designs.Try seven different ways to brew—from the French press to the Turkish ibrik.

The Coffee Book: Anatomy of an Industry from Crop to the Last Drop (Bazaar Book)

A freshly updated edition of the best introduction to one of the world’s most popular products, The Coffee Book is jammed full of facts, figures, cartoons, and commentary covering coffee from its first use in Ethiopia in the sixth century to the rise of Starbucks and the emergence of Fair Trade coffee in the twenty-first. The book explores the process of cultivation, harvesting, and roasting from bean to cup; surveys the social history of café society from the first coffeehouses in Constantinople to beatnik havens in Berkeley and Greenwich Village; and tells the dramatic tale of high-stakes international trade and speculation for a product that can make or break entire national economies. It also examines the industry’s major players, revealing how they have systematically reduced the quality of the bean and turned a much-loved product into a commodity and lifestyle accoutrement, ruining the lives of millions of farmers around the world in the process.Finally, The Coffee Book, hailed as a Best Business Book by Library Journal when it was first published, considers the exploitation of labor and damage to the environment that mass cultivation causes, and explores the growing “conscious coffee” market and Fair Trade movement.

Tea & Sweets: Fabulous Desserts for Afternoon Tea

Satisfy your sweet tooth with 136 full color pages of 100 recipes including cakes and cupcakes, tarts and cheesecakes, cookies and bars, from the editors of TeaTime magazine. Plus, take the guesswork out of serving tea with bonus tea-steeping and tea-pairing guides.

Tea with Jane Austen

Who would not want to sit down with Jane Austen and join her in a cup of tea? Here for the first time is a book that shares the secrets of one of her favorite rituals.Tea figures prominently in Jane Austen’s life and work. At the center of almost every social situation in her novels one finds tea. In Emma, does Miss Bates drink coffee? Of course not: ‘No coffee, I thank you, for me-never take coffee.-A little tea if you please.’ In Pride and Prejudice, what is one of the supreme honors Mr. Collins can envision Lady Catherine bestowing on Elizabeth Bennet and her friends? Why, drinking tea with her, naturally.Tea with Jane Austen begins with tea drinking in the morning and ends with tea in the evening, at balls and other gatherings. Each chapter includes a description of how tea was taken at a particular place or time of day, along with history, recipes, excerpts from Austen’s novels and letters and illustrations from the time.

Freshly Brewed Coffee Mini Wall Calendar 2016

Introducing a mini calendar that’s as stimulating and energizing as that first cup of morning joe. Featuring the bold designs of illustrator Mary Kate McDevitt, Freshly Brewed Coffee serves up a dozen beautifully hand-lettered images that pay tribute to the beloved beverage and the magic it works on the soul. Hang this calendar in a cubicle or in the kitchen—right next to the coffeemaker, of course. For every coffee lover, it’s a gift to wake up the senses.

Espresso Coffee, Second Edition: The Science of Quality

Written by leading coffee technology specialists in consultation with some of the world’s biggest coffee manufacturers, the second edition of the successful Espresso Coffee will once again comprehensively cover the current status of the chemistry and technology of espresso coffee. It comprehensively covers topics such as agronomy, green coffee processing, roasting/grinding, packaging, percolating and decaffeination techniques. It provides a comprehensive resource for those interested in the fundamental notions of coffee quality; with a point of reference given in the form of a detailed bibliography to provide direction to the wider literature. Chapters Include:* Quality of espresso coffee * The plant* The raw bean* Roasting* Grinding* Packaging * Percolation* The cup* Physiology

The Book of Tea

Teaism has shaped all aspects of Japanese life. The simplicity of tea infuses Japanese architecture and art, as well as its spiritual institutions. Okakura Kakuzo’s book-length essay about tea and its role in Japanese culture was written in English and intended for the Western reader.

Tea & Savories: Delightful Teatime Treats

Tea sandwiches and canapés, quiches and tarts, and soups and salads are abundant in this collection of 100 delectable recipes from the editors of TeaTime magazine. Twelve tearoom owners from Florida to Alaska each contribute a customer-favorite recipe and share the inspiring stories of how their businesses came to be. An expert tea-pairing guide, along with a tea-steeping primer, make it simple to choose and prepare the perfect pot of tea to accompany the savory treats in the 136-page hardback book. From pretty cucumber canapés and colorful tomato-feta tartlets to creative variations on traditional chicken salad, the more than 100 recipes in Tea & Savories provide delicious ideas for the next afternoon tea or luncheon to please any palate.

When Coffee Speaks: Stories from and of Latin American Coffeepeople

Whatever your sentiments towards or knowledge of coffee, the stories coffee has to tell are surprising, intriguing, and always human. Part travelogue meets anthropological field notes, part industry review meets food sourcing exposé, When Coffee Speaks is a collection of interviews with all kinds of coffeepeople in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia.

Coffee 2016 Deluxe Wall Calendar

Dan DiPaolo hopes his art helps bring people together. The best way he knows to do that is through laughter, which is why he puts a little whimsy in everything he creates. Dan’s art inspires not only smiles, but the desire to share the good feelings that come from them as well.A different piece of coffee-related art on each of its sixteen large monthly planning pages adds a decorative touch to this perky tear-off calendar pad that’s the right size for a kitchen counter or office desk.

Tea Fit for a Queen: Recipes & Drinks for Afternoon Tea

Enjoy a spot of tea and delectable cakes inspired by the rich, royal history of London’s most iconic palaces Filled with recipes that have stood the test of time as well as fascinating anecdotes and tales, Tea Fit for a Queen reveals how the tradition of afternoon tea started in royal Britain. More than 40 charming recipes include everything from delicate finger sandwiches to Victoria sponge cake, Chelsea Buns, and a Champagne Cocktail. In these pages learn about the royals and their connection to the history of tea, why jam pennies were Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite tea time treat, and how mead cake came to be served during Henry VIII’s reign. Discover what cake William and Catherine selected for their wedding and hear why orange-scented scones became a royal tradition at Kensington Palace. Tea Fit for a Queen presents a taste of palace etiquette to take home. Includes metric measures.

All About Tea

REPRINT. Special Description Note- This is not a print on demand edition. Care has been taken to enhance and improve the original text whenever possible. Martino Publishing follows the standards of traditional printing and quality is a primary concern. We distinguish ourselves from Print on Demand by our quality controls, paper quality and binding quality. Hardbound. Octavo. Two volumes bound in one. fronts. (1 col.) illus. (incl. music) diagrs. 1143 pages. New York, The Tea and coffee trade journal company, 1935.In this book Ukers claimed to have assembled, in their right order, all the essential facts about tea. This flyleaf declaration is no idle boast. In two volumes of 54 chapters and 1143 pages, is an authoritative compendium of information on historical, technical, scientific, commercial, social, and artistic aspects of tea. The origin of tea is lost in mists of antiquity; legend ascribes it to the reign of Shen Nung, a mythical Chinese emperor of the third millennium B.C. The first credible mention is placed at 350A.D. From there the story is carried through the introduction of tea into Japan, Europe, England, and America; through the romantic age of trade on the clipper ships-“Oriental,” “Stag Hound,” “Flying Cloud,” “Lightning,” “Westward Ho,” “Taeping,” “Ariel”; and through the spread of tea culture into Java, Sumatra, India, Ceylon, and other lands. A description of the world’s leading growths of tea, with their market names and generalcharacteristics, is followed by a technical account of cultivation and manufacture in each of the principal producing countries, and an illuminating resume of the evolution of tea machinery. Under “scientific aspects” are chapters on the etymology,botany and histology, chemistry, pharmacology, and healthfulness of tea. The largest portion of the work, as might be expected, deals with commercial history and practice, which are set forth in panoramic, rather than dynamic, fashion. “Social Aspects” treat of tea as the “handmaiden of fashion and refinement,” of present-day tea manners and customs and their relation to the art of leisure; of appliances and the art of tea-making; of ideas which enter into and grow from the inducements of advertisers. The final section deals with the celebration of tea in the fine arts. An appendix contains a tea chronology, a tea dictionary, and an exhaustive bibliography of 23 pages in fine print. A classic and still essential work. Lavishly illustrated.

Empire of Tea: The Asian Leaf that Conquered the World

Although tea had been known and consumed in China and Japan for centuries, it was only in the seventeenth century that Londoners first began drinking it. Over the next two hundred years, its stimulating properties seduced all of British society, as tea found its way into cottages and castles alike. One of the first truly global commodities, tea has also, today, come to epitomize British culture and identity.             This impressively detailed book offers a rich cultural history of tea, from its ancient origins in China to its spread around the world. The authors recount tea’s arrival in London and follow its increasing salability and import via the East India Company throughout the eighteenth century, inaugurating the first regular exchange—both commercial and cultural—between China and Britain. They look at European scientists’ struggles to understand tea’s history and medicinal properties, and they recount the ways its delicate flavor and exotic preparation have enchanted poets and artists. Exploring everything from its everyday use in social settings to the political and economic controversies it has stirred—such as the Boston Tea Party and the First Opium War—they offer a multilayered look at what was ultimately an imperial industry, a collusion—and often clash—between the world’s greatest powers over control of a simple beverage that has become an enduring pastime. 

The Tea Book

The Tea Book helps you explore the blends, tastings, and ceremonies from around the world and create your own delicious tea traditions. Where does tea come from? In The Tea Book learn where in the world tea is cultivated and how to drink each variety at its best, with steeping notes and step-by-step recipes. The Tea Book is your world tour of the art of tea. Visit tea plantations from India to Kenya and explore maps of the world’s most important growing regions. Learn to recognize tea-leaf varietals and spot the best types from each region. Recreate a Japanese tea ceremony with a guide to storied traditions and practical implements. Discover the health benefits of green tea. Craft the perfect Chai tea. Try a tasting course to cultivate your sense of tea color, aroma, and taste. Explore the spectrum of herbal, plant, and fruit infusions. The Tea Book covers it all, including history, tradition, and 75 classic and contemporary recipes to steep and share.

Darjeeling: A History of the World’s Greatest Tea

Darjeeling’s tea bushes run across a mythical landscape steeped with the religious, the sacred, and the picturesque. Planted at high elevation in the heart of the Eastern Himalayas, in an area of northern India bound by Nepal to the west, Bhutan to the east, and Sikkim to the north, the linear rows of brilliant green, waist-high shrubs that coat the steep slopes and valleys around this Victorian “hill town” produce only a fraction of the world’s tea, and less than one percent of India’s total. Yet the tea from that limited crop, with its characteristic bright, amber-colored brew and muscatel flavors–delicate and flowery, hinting of apricots and peaches–is generally considered the best in the world.This is the story of how Darjeeling tea began, was key to the largest tea industry on the globe under Imperial British rule, and came to produce the highest-quality tea leaves anywhere in the world. It is a story rich in history, intrigue and empire, full of adventurers and unlikely successes in culture, mythology and religions, ecology and terroir, all set with a backdrop of the looming Himalayas and drenching monsoons. The story is ripe with the imprint of the Raj as well as the contemporary clout of “voodoo farmers” getting world record prices for their fine teas–and all of it beginning with one of the most audacious acts of corporate smuggling in history.But it is also the story of how the industry spiraled into decline by the end of the twentieth century, and how this edenic spot in the high Himalayas seethes with union unrest and a violent independence struggle. It is also a front-line fight against the devastating effects of climate change and decades of harming farming practices, a fight that is being fought in some tea gardens–and, astonishingly, won–using radical methods.Jeff Koehler has written a fascinating chronicle of India and its most sought-after tea. Blending history, politics, and reportage together, along with a collection of recipes that tea-drinkers will love, Darjeeling is an indispensable volume for fans of micro-history and tea fanatics.