Tea: History, Terroirs, Varieties
Tea: History, Terroirs, Varieties
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Beautifully illustrated... this definitive guide will appeal to die-challenging tea fanatics. -- Library Journal The reference function we have been waiting for has arrived: a comprehensive but not-as well-weighty, one-volume coverage of the world\'s teas, abundantly and beautifully illustrated with pictures of excellent quality. -- TeaTime This 2nd edition has improved and refined tasting notes with up to date articles about non-herbal tea, the plant Camellia sinensis. The book\'s stylish design is a comprehensive manual to the world\'s 2nd most well-known beverage -- only water exceeds tea consumption. This guide is now plainly the best book on this topic, concise and authoritative with dozens of pictures and images of the teas themselves, revealing the surprising selection of color and opacity of each selection. The guide is an escorted tour of the world\'s tea-developing nations -- China, Japan, Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vietnam and East Africa. Readers learn how like a fine wine, it is \"terroir\", e.g., soil and climate, that offers a tea its unique traits. The guide includes varieties of black, green, white, yellow, oolong, pu\'er, perfumed, aromatic and smoked teas. Other topics contain: An overview of the historical past of tea Tea families, types, cultivars and grades How tea is grown, harvested and processed The tea trade throughout the world Timeline of the globe historical past of tea cultivation Profile interviews with tea sector personalities. The unique characteristics legions of tea drinkers will specially get pleasure from are: Neighborhood tastes and methods of preparing tea (e.g. macha) Tea ceremonies Tasting notes and infusion accessories Teapot recommendations Caffeine, antioxidant and biochemical properties of 35 teas 15 gourmet recipes making use of teas A directory of 42 choose teas.
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