In my quest to keep up with the latest and greatest tea books I like to think I’m aware of most of what’s out there or is coming soon. But it appears that one slipped by me. It’s called A Social History of Tea and it’s by noted tea experts Jane Pettigrew and Bruce Richardson. It… Continue reading

Arguably one of the first books to truly take tea seriously, James Norwood Pratt’s Tea Lover’s Treasury came out in 1982 and predated the relatively recent upswing of interest in “fine” teas. If you’re looking for a copy of this book, it can seem a little confusing but (if I’ve got my story straight) it’s… Continue reading

So what’s the deal with tea cosies? I’m starting to get the impression that they’re a lot more popular than I ever realized. I’ve never owned one and since I don’t prepare tea in a teapot I don’t suppose I ever will. But given the number of books that I’ve run across while writing previous… Continue reading

As I was gearing up to write the latest edition of this column I thought I would browse through Amazon’s Kindle store, looking for books on a certain topic (first two guesses don’t count). As I did so, I found myself amazed and slightly befuddled at how many versions there are of Kakuzo Okakura’s influential… Continue reading

If you pick up the book Tea and Tea Blending expecting to read about the latter topic you might come away mildly disappointed. There are only a few brief chapters of this 151-page book devoted to the topic, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth taking a look at. If you’re looking for more of… Continue reading

In my last incarnation of this column I devoted the entire space to looking at a few tea books that weren’t recent and upcoming but instead were eminently worthwhile titles that, for whatever reason, I hadn’t had a chance to cover before. While truth in column titling laws probably prevent me from doing that on… Continue reading

If I had a copy of every book I’ve written about since taking up this tea writing thing, I’d surely have a bookshelf with several feet of books devoted to the subject. But tea is a whopping big topic, and there are always more books on the horizon. Here are a few of the latest… Continue reading

So, you want to write a book about tea and publish it as an e-book? Well, there are some do’s and don’ts to keep in mind as you undertake this venture. Forewarned is forearmed, as the saying goes. Publishing electronically is the way to go nowadays, with the Nook, the Kindle, iPads, and other devices… Continue reading