Jane Pettigrew

Indeholder "Part One", " The Story of Tea", " The History of Tea", " Production of Tea", " Tea Equipage", " Tea Appreciation", "Part Two", " Global Tea Directory", " A Guide to the Teas of the World", " Africa", " Indian Sub-continent", " The Far East", " Other Tea-producing Countries", "Adresses", "Index", "Acknowledgements".

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Indeholder "Foreword", "The Tea Guild of Tea Shops and its Rationale", "Tea Shops, Tea Rooms and Tea Lounges", "Map of Britain showing location of Guild Tea Shops", "Tea History and Culture", "A Profile of Tea", "Speciality Teas", "Flavoured Teas", "The Art of Tea Tasting", "Tea - A Digestif", "Tea and Health", "The Tea Council", "The Tea Club", "Take a Tea Break", "Tea Customs Around the World", "Facts About Tea", "South West Regional Map", "South East Regional Map", "East Regional Map", "Midlands Regional Map", "North East Regional Map", "North West Regional Map", "Wales Regional Map", "Scotland Regional Map", "Teapot 2000", "Jeeves 2000", "Leading UK Tea Suppliers", "Index of Tea Shops", "General Index".

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An exceptionally in depth look into the history, culture and economics of tea the world over. I especially liked the reviews of specific teas by growing region and style. I love that this book has been updated as of 2007, as many similar guides are too old to give a good sense of where the industry currently stands (they even included Kauai which I was especially interested in hearing about). A huge amount of travel and research went into composing this book and I will be using it for many years to come as a reference guide. Tea is such an enormous subject with histories in some countries dating back thousands of years. Yet, Pettigrew and Richardson did a marvelous job of describing every tea growing region and their specialities in every country.

For a future edition, I'd love to see more content on Nepalese teas, which have really jumped to the fore in popularity in recent years (and whose fate is now unclear). Additionally, very little is described about recommended Fair Trade teas. Sure, organic is important, but not nearly as important as buying Fair Trade.… (plus d'informations)