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Tea Party: 20 Themed Tea Parties
by Tracy Stern
Thanks to Stern’s unpretentious guide, anyone can create fun, fabulous tea parties fit for Mad Hatters and Moroccan lovers alike. Stern, a tea server to the stars, really shines in the area of food and beverage pairings and delicious recipes, so your fete will linger both in the mind and on the tongue. Read our review.
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Tea: Aromas and Flavors Around the World
by Lydia Gautier
Gautier
covers the history of the world’s favorite leaf, including
legends, timelines, origins, and different ways tea has been
enjoyed throughout the centuries. This
guide to the appreciation of tea gives the gourmet
drink a status similar to the best of wines. So
sit back and enjoy a mug, just don't swirl it. Read
our review.
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The Book of Tea
by Alain Stella, et. al.
Encyclopedic in breadth, The Book of Tea really steeps into the mind and senses thanks to its attention-grabbing images, including archival photos featuring tea in history-making settings. There are also more current pictures of tea drinkers and customs from around the world, proving that the passion for these leaves is universal. Read
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The
Complete Idiot’s
Guide to Coffee & Tea
by
Travis Arndorfer and Kristine Hansen
If you want to save big bucks on beverages and learn how to make
better coffee and tea drinks at home, understand why espresso tastes
better in Rome, or know what “flush” and “tisane”
have to do with tea, check out this informative guide. Read
our review.
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Tea
Here Now
by Donna Fellman & Lhasha Tizer
Who doesn't need some help finding inner peace? This little books
can certainly help. It gives insight into using tea to live mindfully
and consciously in the now, and teaches that tea is a metaphor for
everything good in life: peace, balance, equanimity and mindfulness.
Pictures and yoga mat not included. Read
our review.
teany
book: Stories, Food, Romance, Cartoons and, of Course, Tea
by Moby & Kelly Tisdale
The cover promises "stories, food, romance, cartoons, and,
of course, tea." Cute, entertaining and informative, teany
book is somewhere between a cookbook and a memoir. In fact,
it offers so much information, you might not know what to do with
it. It is a mish-mash of tea and vegetarian recipes combined with
history, music, health and the authors’ own experiences. Read
our review.
The Art of Tea
by Mariages Frères
This luxurious book is more than the sum of its parts. In gorgeous
photographs and evocative language it covers three centuries of savoir-faire
in the fine world of French tea. Read
our review.
Cooking With Tea: Techniques and Recipes for Appetizers, Entrées,
Desserts, and More
by
Robert Wemischner & Diana Rosen
We're
taking teatime a step further and bonding with tea in the kitchen.
You can braise meats or veggies, whip up creamy sauces with infusions,
rub fish with tea and bake it: The variations are endless. Cooking
with Tea is such a nice effort, appealing both to the gourmet
cook, tea lover and aesthete in all of us. Read
our review.
The Art of Taking Tea
by Kim Waller & The Editors of Victoria
Magazine
This pretty book makes us want to throw a tea party for our friends
as soon as there's a sunny Sunday afternoon—with
the prettiest China, a polished vintage silver tray, spring flowers
and the right accoutrements, like watercress sandwiches and crumpets.
The Art of Taking Tea is full of ideas on how to incorporate
tea into any gathering or celebration, and most importantly, it
inspires us to make tea a ritual in our lives.
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The Charms of Tea
From the Editors of Victoria Magazine
Also from the folks at Victoria Magazine, The Charms of
Tea heralds the celebration of teatime via more than 70 recipes
—for
cakes, cookies, breads, to jams—as well as techniques to brew
the perfect pot of tea. Menus for special occasions and social settings
are illustrated with descriptive photographs and highlighted by quotes
from famous people.Buy
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New Tea Lover's Treasury
by Norwood
Pratt
James Norwood Pratt ultimately chose tea as his elixir of choice,
and twelve years of "cupping"
teas daily has failed to dampen his desire for more. "Tea
is quiet," he says. "It is the subtlest taste a tongue can
register. Beyond this, tea is soothing, stimulating, restoring."
Pratt's tea bible is full of great tips such as these: Keemun
and other Black Teas , Assam
All Day Long, and China
Black.
Eat Tea: A New Approach to Flavoring Contemporary and Traditional
Dishes
by Joanna Pruess with John Harney
We can't all drink the five to ten cups of green tea a day needed
to obtain its health benefits. Now there's a way to add more tea to
your diet. This well-presented book tells you how tea is made and
brewed, and doubles as a cookbook with tea-related recipes which may
surprise you.Buy
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Tea: Essence of the Leaf
by Karl Petzke, Lessley Berry, Sara Slavin
This book features beautiful design and as such makes a perfect coffee
table book. It contains anecdotes, history, poetry and recipes with
sleek photographs.Buy
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Tea in the East
by Carole Manchester
Tea plays an important social role in Eastern culture and has a long
history dating back to 2737 B.C. Learn about the tea fields, teahouses
and the specifics of production and consumption in Japan, China, India
and Sri Lanka.Buy
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Tea and Infusions
by Jane Pettigrew
The author, a tea specialist, has produced this colorful and informative
guide to the history and production methods of tea, tea ceremonies
around the world, drinking tea for health, and recipes for tea drinks
and cooking with tea.
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Taking Time for Tea
by Diana Rosen
The ceremony of making and drinking tea is given little emphasis in
the United States as compared to Europe and the East. Find out through
menus, recipes and other suggestions how a cup of tea can bring relaxation
and significance to everyday moments.
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Serendipitea: A Guide to the Varieties, Origins, and Rituals of Tea
by Tomislav Podreka
The author of this book goes in depth to explain the social importance
of tea as well as the history and characteristics of teas. He also
gives advice on preparation and offers a few recipes.Buy
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A Cup of Christmas Tea
by Tom Hegg
This story about a man going to visit his ailing aunt and experiencing
the Christmas spirit over a cup of tea is popular at the holidays and
year round.
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Interested
in other tea-related gifts?
(Updated:
04/02/08 ES)
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