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Book The Philosophy of Tea

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tony Gebely
  • Publisher : British Library Philosophy of
  • Release : 2020-03
  • ISBN : 9780712352598
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Philosophy of Tea written by Tony Gebely and published by British Library Philosophy of. This book was released on 2020-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did drinking the infusions of a unique plant from China become a vital part of everyday life? This gift book presents an entertaining and illuminating introduction to the history and culture of tea, from its origins in the Far East to the flavors and properties of different varieties, and the rituals of tea preparation and drinking around the world. This simple hot beverage is suffused with artistic and religious overtones. The Chinese Ch'a Ching gave very precise guidelines to the preparation and sipping of tea, and the Japanese tea ceremony elevated it to an art form. Following its introduction to the royal court in the 17th century, the British created their own traditions, from the elaborate etiquette of afternoon tea to the humble pot of tea at the heart of family life, and the modern appreciation for specialty infusions.

Book The Book of Tea

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  • Author : Kakuzo Okakura
  • Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 3849621952
  • Pages : 89 pages

Download or read book The Book of Tea written by Kakuzo Okakura and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2012 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the extended and annotated edition including * an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys Davids The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo (1906), is a long essay linking the role of tea (Teaism) to the aesthetic and cultural aspects of Japanese life. Addressed to a western audience, it was originally written in English and is one of the great English Tea classics. Okakura had been taught at a young age to speak English and was proficient at communicating his thoughts to the Western mind. In his book, he discusses such topics as Zen and Taoism, but also the secular aspects of tea and Japanese life. The book emphasizes how Teaism taught the Japanese many things; most importantly, simplicity. Kakuzō argues that this tea-induced simplicity affected art and architecture, and he was a long-time student of the visual arts. He ends the book with a chapter on Tea Masters, and spends some time talking about Sen no Rikyū and his contribution to the Japanese Tea Ceremony. (from wikipedia.com)

Book The Book of Tea

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  • Author : Kakuzō Okakura
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1912
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 160 pages

Download or read book The Book of Tea written by Kakuzō Okakura and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Little Tea Book

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  • Author : Sebastian Beckwith
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2018-10-16
  • ISBN : 1632869047
  • Pages : 137 pages

Download or read book A Little Tea Book written by Sebastian Beckwith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From tea guru Sebastian Beckwith and New York Times bestsellers Caroline Paul and Wendy MacNaughton comes the essential guide to exploring and enjoying the vast world of tea. Tea, the most popular beverage in the world after water, has brought nations to war, defined cultures, bankrupted coffers, and toppled kings. And yet in many ways this fragrantly comforting and storied brew remains elusive, even to its devotees. As down-to-earth yet stylishly refined as the drink itself, A Little Tea Book submerges readers into tea, exploring its varieties, subtleties, and pleasures right down to the process of selecting and brewing the perfect cup. From orange pekoe to pu-erh, tea expert Sebastian Beckwith provides surprising tips, fun facts, and flavorful recipes to launch dabblers and connoisseurs alike on a journey of taste and appreciation. Along with writer and fellow tea-enthusiast Caroline Paul, Beckwith walks us through the cultural and political history of the elixir that has touched every corner of the world. Featuring featuring charming, colorful charts, graphs, and illustrations by bestselling illustrator Wendy MacNaughton and Beckwith's sumptuous photographs, A Little Tea Book is a friendly, handsome, and illuminating primer with a dash of sass and sophistication. Cheers!

Book Learning by brewing   TEXT EDITION

Download or read book Learning by brewing TEXT EDITION written by Jens Dennig and published by JENS DENNIG. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To tea, or not to tea? That is no question! A tea collector and addict spills the leaves. The author is a vegetarian, non-smoker and teetotaler - but should one not have at least one vice? Brutally honest and in a comprehensive way, he reveals his experience with his addiction to finding increasingly better teas for the daily dose and the constantly growing collection. But that is not all, he also freely discloses how he treats the most tender leaves and buds with boiling water, some of which is even bubbling. In addition to providing personal experiences, the book also serves as a thorough guide and reference book, covering tea varieties and cultivars as well as the topics of purchasing, storing, choosing the right water, the various ways of brewing and the fitting accessories. Furthermore, more than 200 different teas are presented, both world-renowned standards as well as some personal favorites and curiosities. THIS EDITION CONTAINS EXACTLY THE SAME TEXT AS THE REGULAR EBOOK OR PAPERBACK, BUT MOST OF THE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. IN OTHER WORDS, THIS VERSION IS TEXT-ONLY WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PICK THE REGULAR VERSION IF YOU PREFER TO HAVE YOUR READING EXPERIENCE ENHANCED BY A WIDE VARIETY OF PHOTOS.

Book The Book of Korean Tea

Download or read book The Book of Korean Tea written by Yang-Seok Yoo and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cha No Yu

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  • Author : A. L. Sadler
  • Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
  • Release : 2011-07-26
  • ISBN : 1462901913
  • Pages : 299 pages

Download or read book Cha No Yu written by A. L. Sadler and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic of Japanese cultural studies explains the famous Japanese tea ceremony or cha-no-yu with great scholarship and clarity. In 1933, when A. L. Sadler's imposing book on the Japanese tea ceremony first appeared, there was no other work on the subject in English that even remotely approached it in comprehensiveness or detail. Having attained something of the stature of a classic among studies of Japanese esthetics, it has remained one of the most sought-after of books in this field. It is therefore both a pleasure and a privilege to make it available once again in a complete and unabridged digital version The tea culture book is abundantly illustrated with drawings of tea ceremony furniture and utensils, tearoom architecture and garden design, floor and ground plans, and numerous other features of the cha-no-yu. A number of photographic plates picture famous tea bowls, teahouses, and gardens.

Book Empire of Tea

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  • Author : Markman Ellis
  • Publisher : Reaktion Books
  • Release : 2015-06-15
  • ISBN : 1780234643
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Empire of Tea written by Markman Ellis and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although tea had been known and consumed in China and Japan for centuries, it was only in the seventeenth century that Londoners first began drinking it. Over the next two hundred years, its stimulating properties seduced all of British society, as tea found its way into cottages and castles alike. One of the first truly global commodities and now the world’s most popular drink, tea has also, today, come to epitomize British culture and identity. This impressively detailed book offers a rich cultural history of tea, from its ancient origins in China to its spread around the world. The authors recount tea’s arrival in London and follow its increasing salability and import via the East India Company throughout the eighteenth century, inaugurating the first regular exchange—both commercial and cultural—between China and Britain. They look at European scientists’ struggles to understand tea’s history and medicinal properties, and they recount the ways its delicate flavor and exotic preparation have enchanted poets and artists. Exploring everything from its everyday use in social settings to the political and economic controversies it has stirred—such as the Boston Tea Party and the First Opium War—they offer a multilayered look at what was ultimately an imperial industry, a collusion—and often clash—between the world’s greatest powers over control of a simple beverage that has become an enduring pastime.

Book A Psalm for the Wild Built

Download or read book A Psalm for the Wild Built written by Becky Chambers and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Hugo Award! In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, bestselling Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk and Robot series, gives us hope for the future. It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. They're going to need to ask it a lot. Becky Chambers's new series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Book The Lady Tasting Tea

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  • Author : David Salsburg
  • Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
  • Release : 2002-05-01
  • ISBN : 1466801786
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book The Lady Tasting Tea written by David Salsburg and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2002-05-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a summer tea party in Cambridge, England, a lady states that tea poured into milk tastes differently than that of milk poured into tea. Her notion is shouted down by the scientific minds of the group. But one guest, by the name Ronald Aylmer Fisher, proposes to scientifically test the lady's hypothesis. There was no better person to conduct such a test. For Fisher had brought to the field of statistics an emphasis on controlling the methods for obtaining data and the importance of interpretation. He knew that how the data was gathered and applied was as important as the data themselves. In The Lady Tasting Tea, readers will encounter not only Ronald Fisher's theories (and their repercussions), but the ideas of dozens of men and women whose revolutionary work affects our everyday lives. Writing with verve and wit, author David Salsburg traces the rise and fall of Karl Pearson's theories, explores W. Edwards Deming's statistical methods of quality control (which rebuilt postwar Japan's economy), and relates the story of Stella Cunliff's early work on the capacity of small beer casks at the Guinness brewing factory. The Lady Tasting Tea is not a book of dry facts and figures, but the history of great individuals who dared to look at the world in a new way.

Book The Way of Tea

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rand Castile
  • Publisher : Weatherhill, Incorporated
  • Release : 1971
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 340 pages

Download or read book The Way of Tea written by Rand Castile and published by Weatherhill, Incorporated. This book was released on 1971 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Story of Japanese Tea

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  • Author : Tyas Sōsen
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-11-05
  • ISBN : 9781704715674
  • Pages : 218 pages

Download or read book The Story of Japanese Tea written by Tyas Sōsen and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The material for this book has accumulated over twelve years of active practice in Japan's rite of tea of which the author has received full instructorship; two years of full-time employment at a traditional tea vendor in the heart of Uji, during which he studied for and passed the examination of the Nihoncha Instructor Association and received certification as accredited instructor; regular meetings with, and tea farm visits at the properties of skilled artisan tea manufacturers, encounters that have provided much insight in subjects as the struggles of tea farmers, the reality behind the manufacturing of tea, and the workings of the industry as a whole. In addition, for the past four years, the author has devoted his life to discovering the essence of tea through curating a special selection of tea, repeatedly talking to and interviewing tea manufacturers, gathering insider information about the industry, etc. in order to truthfully and openly make this information available internationally. The discoveries made, and the information gathered during such interactions is what constitutes the foundation for the material presented in this book, and it is with the wish to objectively portray what Japanese tea at its core and in essence is that this book has been brought to life.

Book Breakfast  Lunch  Tea

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  • Author : Rose Carrarini
  • Publisher : Phaidon Press
  • Release : 2005-12-01
  • ISBN : 9780714844657
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Breakfast Lunch Tea written by Rose Carrarini and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rose Bakery is a small Anglo-French restaurant, shop and bakery tucked away in a street near the Gare du Nord in Paris. This book introduces this hidden gem and the philosophy and style of its creator, including recipes for 100 of Rose Bakery's most popular dishes.

Book The Wisdom of Tea

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  • Author : Noriko Morishita
  • Publisher : Allen & Unwin
  • Release : 2020-05-19
  • ISBN : 1760874248
  • Pages : 214 pages

Download or read book The Wisdom of Tea written by Noriko Morishita and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 25 years Noriko Morishita studied and practised the intricate ceremonies of the famous Way of Tea, attempting to learn its complexities and achieve a perfection of movement and mood that few can master. In The Wisdom of Tea Noriko describes her gradual discovery of freedom and insight within the very rules that once seemed so constricting. Looking back across her life, Noriko illuminates the real teachings of the Way of Tea: to live absolutely in the moment, to notice and delight in the smallest of details, to embrace the vital skills of patience and perseverance, and to allow yourself to be. The Wisdom of Tea is a distillation of the life lessons Noriko learned through many seasons, spanning girlhood to adulthood. It is a wise and inspiring book that reveals the lasting relevance of an ancient ceremony.

Book Tea

    Tea

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anthony Gebely
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2016-10-01
  • ISBN : 9780998103006
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Tea written by Anthony Gebely and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tea: A User's Guide is the most up-to-date and factual guide to specialty tea. This volume presents an extensively peer-reviewed framework for navigating the world of tea whether you are just embarking on your tea journey or whether you have been drinking tea your entire life. In this book, you'll discover: How tea is grown and processed. How so many tea products are derived from a single species of plant. What chemical changes occur in tea leaves during processing. How 130 famous teas from around the world are classified. How to expertly prepare and evaluate tea.

Book The Book of Tea

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  • Author : Kakuzo Okakura
  • Publisher : Applewood Books
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 142901279X
  • Pages : 178 pages

Download or read book The Book of Tea written by Kakuzo Okakura and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in English by a Japanese scholar in 1906, ""The Book of Tea"" is an elegant attempt to explain the philosophy of the Japanese Tea Ceremony, with its Taoist and Zen Buddhist roots, to a Western audience in clear and simple terms. One of the most widely-read English works about Japan, it had a profound influence on western undertsanding of East Asian tradition.

Book The Japanese Teahouse

Download or read book The Japanese Teahouse written by Wolfgang Fehrer and published by Niggli. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All about the architecture and design principles of a very private place to communicate and meditate from its origins until today.