Product Description

London's Jane Pettigrew has joined American tea writer Bruce Richardson in creating the updated guide to teas throughout the world. Beautifully illustrated, this 2008 edition gives detailed information and brewing instructions for over 120 teas from every major tea producing region. Chapters on the newest information about tea and health, tea production, tea blending and tea hospitality are included. This book is a valuable up-to-date addition to libraries of both tea novices and professionals. If you have ever wondered about the time and temperature to brew your teas - white, green, black, or oolong - this is the book for you.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #108821 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780979343179
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
Named Best New Tea Publication for 2009. --World Tea Expo

There is perhaps no guide book for tea drinkers - or connoisseurs - as definitive as The New Tea Companion --TEA Magazine

About the Author
Jane Pettigrew is a tea specialist, historian, writer and consultant living in London. Since 1983, she has been working in the UK and around the world to explain and share the fascinating world of tea. She has authored 13 books on the many and varied aspects of tea, its production, history and culture, and she writes for tea related magazines and journals. Jane also gives regular tea masterclasses and tea tastings, speaks on BBC radio and TV and acts as consultant to tea companies, London hotels, new tea businesses, table ware and tea ware companies. Bruce Richardson has been active in America's tea renaissance for nearly two decades. He is a tea blender, writer, photographer, and frequent guest speaker at tea conferences across the country. Bruce spends much of his time educating Americans in the art of tea. He can often be found appearing on television and radio talk shows, or as a guest lecturer at professional seminars such as World Tea Expo and American Tea Masters. He has served on the Advisory Committee for Specialty Tea Institute (STI) and the Editorial Board of Fresh Cup magazine. He is a frequent contributing writer and photographer for publications such as Tea Time and Fresh Cup magazines. He has authored a dozen books on the subject of tea.

Customer Reviews

Good Introduction.
This is a good basic review of the different types of tea with high-quality color pictures of the tea, the tea leaves dry and the tea leaves wet. The book also briefly covers the production areas, the culture of different tea ceremonies, the business of tea production and processing techniques of the different types of tea. Highly recommended.

An useful handbook
'The New Tea Companion' turns out to be a useful and informative little handbook, not exhaustive, but certainly helpful. After a section decribing the various available teas, a brief history and a walk-through guide to modern production, the authors share with us their thoughts on specific teas from each tea-producing nation and region. These descriptions and recommendations can be ever so helpful in choosing the next sort of tea to explore. Each entry provides photos of dry leaf, wet leaf and cupped tea. It is sad, however, that the editors or printers did not catch the world map printed backwards on page 90.

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