The Tea Book

This work discusses British teatimes, tea leaf reading, and the Japanese tea ceremony. It provides information about where tea is grown, how it is prepared, what the various grades of tea are, and it also includes recipes for using different types of tea. Tea was originally regarded as a medicinal elixir, and its virtues were widely extolled by tea drinkers. This work describes its accidental creation by one of China's earliest emperors to its arrival on the continent 4000 years later via Dutch traders. Over 300 recipes are included.