The Tea Enthusiast's Handbook: A Guide to Enjoying the World's Best Teas (Paperback)

This book starts with useful tips for making a perfect cup of tea including brewing times(avoid tap water and `the tea ball'). The authors suggest that those on a `tea journey' take notes including tea name, class, country, exact trade, where purchased, similar teas, and what you like or don't like about a variety. The body of the book is in the description of the 6 classes of tea green (like Genmaicha with toasted Brown rice) or Longjin (one of `China's Ten Famous Teas), yellow tea, white tea, Oolong and Black tea (`Especially delicious are Yunna Black Tea'). Each section includes selected varieties picturing both dry tea and color of a brewed cup. For each variety is a description of the leaf plucking and production methods, and tips for purchasing. A map is including with each tea class, showing the main producing areas, and I plan to take this a step further, buy highlighting on a map when I buy new teas. The glossary is particularly useful, but it didn't include such...Read more