Author(s): Rupert Faulkner (ed)

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This evocatively illustrated book tells the story of tea around the world, and celebrates its contribution, past and present, to civilized existence. It covers the many different ways of preparing tea as well as the early cultivation of tea in China and India to the more modern processes used today, and the worldwide development of the trade in tea over the last four hundred years.;Tea has indeed influenced the course of history, shaping trade routes and contributing to the causes of the Opium Wars, which saw China reduced from a great imperial power to a shadow of its former self.

2003, First edition. A near fine copy only marked by the top corner of the front free endpaper having been neatly cut away. The d/w is unclipped and very good with very light edge rubbing and a small price sticker on the rear panel.