Tea: History, Terroirs, Varieties (Second Edition) by Marchanddesharnaisamerici Gascoyne

Tea: History, Terroirs, Varieties (Second Edition) by Marchanddesharnaisamerici Gascoyne

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.

'Beautifully illustrated.. this definitive guide will appeal to die-hard tea enthusiasts' Library Journal. 'The reference work we've been waiting for has arrived: a comprehensive but not-too-weighty, one-volume coverage of the world's teas, abundantly and beautifully illustrated with photos of exceptional quality' TeaTime.

Kevin Gascoyne, Francois Marchand, Jasmin Desharnais and Hugo Americi are professional tea tasters from Montreal, Quebec, who own the Camellia Sinensis Tea House and travel the world working with growers of the best tea.

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ISBN 13	9781770853195
ISBN 10	1770853197
Title	Tea: History, Terroirs, Varieties (Second Edition)
Author	Marchanddesharnaisamerici Gascoyne
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Firefly Books Ltd
Year published	2014-04-01
Number of pages	272
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.