Taking Tea: The Essential Guide to Brewing, Serving, and Entertaining with Teas from Around the World [Hardcover]

Andrea Israel (Author), Pamela Mitchell (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 21, 1994

For the entertainer, the cookbook lover and the international armchair traveler. Reveals the culinary rapture and conviviality that make the teatime ceremony a world-wide, time-honored tradition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Grove Press (January 21, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802114261
• ISBN-13: 978-0802114266
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 9.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #674,990 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Take Your Tea with This Entertaining Guide, February 10, 2001

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"rstitanic" (Reno, NV USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Taking Tea: The Essential Guide to Brewing, Serving, and Entertaining with Teas from Around the World (Hardcover)

This book is pure pleasure from beginning to end. Like a good novel you just don't want to put it down. Starting with the history of tea we embark on a soothing international journey of tea traditions. The authors have filled this book with descriptive commentaries and color photographs depicting the countries, the people and appropriate table settings. Recipes reflect the characteristics of each region. I have especially enjoyed using the "Guide to Buying Tea" with its serving suggestions. This book is a lovely and must have addition to any tea library!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best tea book I have read, November 22, 2009

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Stephanie - See all my reviews

This review is from: Taking Tea: The Essential Guide to Brewing, Serving, and Entertaining with Teas from Around the World (Hardcover)

This is a lovely, lovely book. It starts with the history of tea and moves on to how it is made, different types of tea from all over the world, and even a list of tea sellers in the back. The main bulk of the book takes a type of tea "high tea, Victorian tea, American tea' and goes though a list of dishes and tableware that would be appropriate for the event. It goes on to suggest recipes and evens include a few of them. All the pictures are lovely and makes me want to have a lovely cup just at looking.

0 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Delivery time too slow, September 8, 2009

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Amerasian (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Taking Tea: The Essential Guide to Brewing, Serving, and Entertaining with Teas from Around the World (Hardcover)

From the time of order to receipt, the book took longer than any vendor I've ordered from previously. There were no courtesy notification of when the item was sent to gauge the time of delivery. The condition of the book was as promised. Overall, I wouldn't order from the same vendor again.