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The Perfect Gift for Tea Lovers
From recipes and advice on tea-making to the history and significance of tea, this informative guide has something for every tea lover
Full of exclusive recipes, this is the perfect gift for the foodie in your life. Why We Love Tea goes beyond the art of tea into real advice on tea-making. A selection of unique recipes, along with advice on pairing tea and food, completes this gorgeous book—a must-have for any tea lover.
Curious about the culture around drinking tea? Perfect for travel and history lovers, Why We Love Tea dives into the practice of tea ceremony and meditation in different cultures. From the origins of tea to drinking etiquette in other parts of the world, this guide illuminates tea's important historical role in our lives.
Inside, you'll find:
A careful examination of 50 grand cru teas—including some of the best-known varieties available—with descriptions of appearance, color, smell, taste and specific brewing instructions
A selection of exclusive tea recipes, along with advice on what to eat with each tea
Illuminating full color photos of different types of tea, tea-making ceremonies, and methods of brewing tea
If you liked The World Atlas of Coffee, The Art of Tea, or Teaspiration, you'll love Why We Love Tea.
Contents
THE ORIGINS OF TEA
Ancient times and the earliest dynasties: the dawning of tea
The Tang dynasty: birth of the tea culture
The Song dynasty: the height of the tea culture
The Ming dynasty: tea culture, and the return to simplicity
The Qing dynasty: the popular dimension of tea
The dissemination of tea in Europe
THE TEA PLANT
Botanics, varieties, cultivation, harvests, and diffusion
The chemistry of tea
The healing properties of tea
THE COLORS OF TEA
Color classification of tea
Quality assessment: tea classifications and terms
THE ART OF TEA MAKING
A comparison between European and Eastern infusions
HOW TO PREPARE AND DRINK A PROPER TEA - THE MAIN FACTORS
The importance of the water, water temperature, infusion on times, choice of accessories, quantity of tea, optimal storage method for tea
The importance of the water Water temperature
Infusion times
Choice of accessories Quantity of tea
Optimal storage method for tea
The Russian art of tea making: the Samovar
The Moroccan art of tea making: mint tea Iced tea: preparation methods
PROFESSIONAL TEA TASTING
Equipment and assessment methods
Tea scents
Comments on the appearance of leaves
Comments on the color of leaves
Comments on the scent
Comments on the color of the liquor
Comments on the taste of the liquor
GREEN TEA - CHINA
HOW TO PREPARE CHINESE GREEN TEA
HOW TO USE A GAIWAN TEACUP
A BIT OF ETIQUETTE FOR TEA DRINKING IF YOU GO TO CHINA
ANJI BAI CHA
JADE COLUMN - YU ZHU
DONG TING BI LUO CHUN
HUANG SHAN MAO FENG
HUO SHAN HUANG YA
LIU AN GUA PIAN
JASMINE PEARL - JASMINE LONG ZHO LONG JING
GREEN LYCHEE
TAI PING HOU KUI
HOW TO PREPARE BLOOMING GREEN TEAS
LU MU DAN
GREEN TEA - JAPAN
HOW TO PREPARE JAPANESE GREEN TEA
HOW TO USE THE KYUSU TEAPOT
BANCHA KAKEGAWA
GENMAICHA
GYOKURO HOUJICHA
KUKICHA
SENCHA KAGOSHIMA
CHA NO YU: THE ANCIENT JAPANESE ART OF TEA MAKING MATCHA
YELLOW TEA
HOW TO PREPARE YELLOW TEA
JUN SHAN YIN ZHEN
MENG DING HUANG YA (YELLOW YA)
WHITE TEA
HOW TO PREPARE WHITE TEA
BAI HAO YIN ZHEN BAI MU DAN RUHUNA SILVER TIPS
BLUE-GREEN OR WULONG TEA - CHINA
HOW TO PREPARE WULONG TEA
SHORT LESSON IN GONG FU CHA
DA HONG PAO
FENG HUANG DAN CONG HUANG JIN GUI
SHUI XIAN - WATER SPRITE TIE GUAN YIN
BLUE-GREEN OR WULONG TEA - TAIWAN
BAO ZHONG
DONG DING
HIGH MOUNTAIN JIN XUAN (MILKY WULONG) ORIENTAL BEAUTY
BERGAMOT WULONG
OSMANTHUS WULONG
RED TEA
CHINESE RED TEA
HOW TO PREPARE RED TEA
LAPSANG SOUCHONG - ZHENG SHAN XIAO ZHONG QIMEN
GOLDEN YUNNAN
RED MAO FENG
INDIAN AND SRI LANKAN BLACK TEA
HOW TO PREPARE BLACK TEAS ENGLISH TEA
DARJEELING CASTLETON FTGFOP1 - SF
DARJEELING GOPALDHARA FTGFOP1 - FF
DARJEELING JUNGPANA FTGFOP1 - SF WONDER MUSCATEL
DARJEELING MARGARET'S HOPE FTGFOP1 - FF
DARJEELING SEEYOK FTGFOP1 - FF
ASSAM HATTIALLI FTGFOP1 - SF
ASSAM BANASPATY FTGFOP1 - FF
NUWARA ELIYA HIGH GROWN
RUHUNA GOLDEN TIPS
UVA HIGH GROWN
FERMENTED (OR BLACK) TEA
HOW TO PREPARE FERMENTED TEA
PU'ER SHENG CHA - CAKE
PU'ER SHU CHA - CAKE
PU'ER STEMS - BRICK
FU CHA TOP GRADE - BRICK
PROCESSED TEAS
SCENTED, FLAVORED, AND BLOOMING TEAS
TEA TIME AND SERVING SUGGESTIONS
20 RECIPES BY CHEF GIOVANNI RUGGIERI
