All books are listed alphabetically by the author's last name. In the same way, fine cultural details can reveal the characteristic concerns of a society. When involved in the trivia of everyday life, people tend to be less inhibited, more true to themselves.
Tea is such a touchstone.
Its uses and abuses will reveal as much about the society in which it exists as the artist's unselfconscious line betrays about his personality. I have listed here a number of the other numerous references and sources of information in regards to tea. This is not intended to be a complete list. The Little Book of Tea. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1998.