A Time for Tea: Travels Through China and India in Search of Tea [Paperback]

Jason Goodwin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 287 pages
• Publisher: alfred A. Knopf (1991)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000NZU71Y
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,464,155 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm surprised that this is out of print, November 29, 1999

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Pirate Jenny (Brookline, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Time for Tea: Travels Through China and India in Search of Tea (Hardcover)

I read this book when it first came out, and I really loved it. I still refer to the facts I learned within; just last week I was explaining Lapsang Souchong to an Irishman. I was left feeling that I knew Mr. Goodwin, and contemplated finding him and making him my husband, primarily so we could travel together.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OUTSTANDING! Grab a teapot & BUY THIS BOOK!, January 28, 1999

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Chajm-Gideon (Cleveland, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Time for Tea: Travels Through China and India in Search of Tea (Hardcover)

This book is WONDERFUL! Be forewarned, however: you WILL begin to guzzle litre after litre of tea during the reading of this book. Mr. Goodwin gives an absolutely wonderful first-person account of his often hilarious travels investigating the tea trade, from its' beginnings in Canton to the present day. A MUST for anyone who loves tea - and I'd rate Mr. Goodwin's writing style on a par with Pico Iyer's. A good read, full of humour and information...

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible tea journey, August 11, 2011

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Christopher Armstrong-Stevenson (St. Helens, Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Time for Tea: Travels Through China and India in Search of Tea (Hardcover)

Goodwin takes us on a journey of exploration, history, geography, social life and tea-drinking in all the right places. I've been a full-time tea-drinker since I was weaned as a baby in the UK and have learned more about tea from this book than I ever thought I wanted or needed to know. The author writes in such a way that the whole book and his journey, become a live instruction in the countries, lives and producers of tea, while making it all so pleasurable that one hardly thinks of the lessons being imparted at the same time as participating in his adventures.

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in tea, whether as a beverage of choice, a lesson in the economics or social and cultural studies of the indigenous populations of the tea-producing countries...or just for the fun of it all.