Description |
xvi, 187 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm |
Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- 1. China : the tea tradition -- 2. Tea goes to the world -- 3. Chinese tea customs -- 4. The teahouse, center of local life -- 5. The Japanese art of tea -- 6. Ceramics and other tea "equipage" -- 7. Tea growing and processing -- 8. Some tea chemistry -- 9. Tea and your health -- 10. How to make a "nice cup of tea" -- 11. Judging, storing, other uses -- 12. Fifty famous Chinese teas -- A seventeenth century view of tea : Garway's broadsheet -- List of teas described -- Famous teas by provinces -- The twenty-four solar terms -- Cantonese names of teas described |
Summary |
Traces the history of tea, looks at Chinese and Japanese tea customs, explains how tea is grown and processed, and describes fifty Chinese varieties |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references: pages 185-187 |
Subject |
Tea -- History.
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Tea -- China.
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Author |
Kramer, Ione, 1926-2008, author
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LC no. |
89060878 |
ISBN |
0835121941 (paperback) |
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9780835121941 (paperback) |
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