An American tea dealer, frustrated by how little the trade knew about what it sold, compiled over twenty years everything he could learn about tea. He covers its early history and geography, botany, cultivation and preparation, the classification of kinds, adulteration and how to detect it, testing and blending, its chemistry, and the prospects for growing tea in America.
A charming nineteenth-century compendium for tea lovers and anyone curious about the history of a global trade. Download the free EPUB.