The true history of tea
By: Victor H. Mair & Erling Hoh.
Contributors: Hoh, Erling.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780500251461
Subjects: Tea -- History; Tea -- Social aspects; Tea trade -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-275) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Tea : leaf of awareness; title: A botanical excursion : the rivals of tea; title: The heartstrings of national pride : Southeast Asia and the origins of tea; title: A slave of yoghurt : tea in the 1st to 6th centuries; title: Go have some tea! : the Tang dynasty; title: Cloudy feet in a hare's fur cup : the Song dynasty; title: Buying peace with the celestial beverage : the tea and horse trade; title: The taste of zen is tea : Japan in the 12th to 15th centuries; title: Sen Rikyū the tea master : the perfection of the Japanese tea ceremony; title: Han Xin counts the soldiers : tea in the Ming and Qing; title: How the Dalai Lama got his name : brick tea in Tibet and Mongolia; title: We invented the samovar! : the Russian caravan tea trade; title: Conquering new lands : the Islamic world of tea; title: Approved by physicians : the advent of tea in Europe; title: The progress of this famous plant : tea and the opium wars; title: A master teapot maker's midnight ride : tea in America; title: Finest tippy golden flowery orange pekoe : India and Ceylon in the 19th century; title: The heyday of the clipper ships : British tea; title: Vignettes from the global village : tea in our time; title: Appendix A: The autobiography of instructor Lu; title: Appendix B: A debate between tea and beer; title: Appendix C: A genealogy of words for tea.