Steeped in the World of Tea (Paperback)

by Sharon Bard (Author), Birgit Nielsen (Author), Clara Rosemarda (Author), Juliana Spear (Photographer)

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"Alternately wise, quirky, funny, sad, exotic, and refined..." -- Diana Abu-Jaber, author of Crescent and Arabian Jazz

"Praised be the American poets, writers and seers collected here who share teas with us. ..." -- James Norwood Pratt, author of New Tea Lover's Treasury and The Tea Lover's Companion

"This full-color, beautifully illustrated collection celebrates the ancient traditions and rituals of tea drinking, and tea's place in our lives."-- -- Elizabeth Doucet, Tea: A Magazine

Product Description
Spanning the globe from Russia to Japan, from Kenya to Palestine, from Germany to Sumatra, Steeped is a literary anthology about the world's most popular drink. This full-color, beautifully illustrated collection celebrates the ancient traditions of tea, and their place in the modern world. Here are recipes for Moroccan mint tea, the perfect Indian chai, Chinese fertility tea. And just as conversation and stories go naturally with a cup of tea, there are stories that take you around the world: to Japan during the Korean War, to a tea picnic on the roof of the world in the Himalayas, to a Sumatran jungle where POWs eat Danish cookies and drink English tea over chess, to an American kitchen where a Palestinian makes mint tea.

A quirky and moving selection of essays and poems, Steeped does much more than evoke that delicious, hot or cold, spicy or soothing, dizzying or healing beverage. It is an intimate invitation-Can I make you a cup of tea?-writ large. Here, tea drinking bridges the ethnic, continental, and temporal divides of our rapidly changing world.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 183 pages
• Publisher: Interlink Books (September 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566565561
• ISBN-13: 978-1566565561
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,084,350 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A literary anthology about the world's most popular drink, September 4, 2005

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Collaboratively compiled and edited by the team of Sharon Bard, Birgit Nielsen, and Clara Rosemarda, Steeped In The World Of Tea is illustrated with the wonderful color photography of Juliana Spear. This compendium is a literary anthology about the world's most popular drink and spans the globe from Russia, Japan, and Kenya, to Palestine, Germany, and Sumatra. Here presented are recipes for Moroccan mint tea, the perfect Indian chai, Chinese fertility tea, and so much more. Presented are stories of a tea picnic in the Himalayas, to World War II POWs drinking English tea over chess in a Sumatran jungle. Steeped In The World Of Tea is enthusiastically entertaining reading -- especially for anyone who has enjoyed sipping on a cup of tea in pleasant solitude or a warm engagement with friends.