Thanks Lars,

I have the Evans book already on order -- it has been recommended to
me by svereal people -- and will order the other two.

Let me recommend a book I haven't seen mentioned that is very good on
Indian history. It's Roy Moxham's Tea: Addiction and Empire (I haven't
got the title quite right -- we old guys get halfzheimer's memory
lapses quite often.) Hobhouse's Seeds of Change is brilliant, though
it includes teas as only one of the seeds and devotes just a section
to it. The others are quinine, sugar, the potato, cotton, and in the
new edition coca. It's mesmerizing and especially insightful on the
quinine/sugar/slave trade links.



On May 29, 4:09 pm, Lars I. Mehlum >
wrote:
> On 28 May 2007 17:25:25 -0700, pgwk > wrote:
>
> >I am always looking for good books on tea and finding very few. I
> >offer to assemble a bibliography for this group if you will let me
> >know books you have found interesting and useful, with a short summary
> >of what makes the book special
>
> I highly recommend "Tea in China" by John C. Evans, the best
> Engish-language treatise on tea's history that I am aware of. Read it,
> and you'll learn a few things about Chinese history too.
>
> Two other books about Chinese tea are also worth mentioning:
> "The Way of Tea" by Lam Kam Chuen and
> "All the tea in China" by Cow & Kramer
>
> Lars,
> Bergen, Norway

On May 29, 2:44 pm, pgwk > wrote:
> Thanks Lars,
>
> I have the Evans book already on order -- it has been recommended to
> me by svereal people -- and will order the other two.
>
> Let me recommend a book I haven't seen mentioned that is very good on
> Indian history. It's Roy Moxham's Tea: Addiction and Empire (I haven't
> got the title quite right -- we old guys get halfzheimer's memory
> lapses quite often.) Hobhouse's Seeds of Change is brilliant, though
> it includes teas as only one of the seeds and devotes just a section
> to it. The others are quinine, sugar, the potato, cotton, and in the
> new edition coca. It's mesmerizing and especially insightful on the
> quinine/sugar/slave trade links.
>
> On May 29, 4:09 pm, Lars I. Mehlum >
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 28 May 2007 17:25:25 -0700, pgwk > wrote:
>
> > >I am always looking for good books on tea and finding very few. I
> > >offer to assemble a bibliography for this group if you will let me
> > >know books you have found interesting and useful, with a short summary
> > >of what makes the book special
>
> > I highly recommend "Tea in China" by John C. Evans, the best
> > Engish-language treatise on tea's history that I am aware of. Read it,
> > and you'll learn a few things about Chinese history too.
>
> > Two other books about Chinese tea are also worth mentioning:
> > "The Way of Tea" by Lam Kam Chuen and
> > "All the tea in China" by Cow & Kramer
>
> > Lars,
> > Bergen, Norway- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Am still looking for a good copy of Lu Yu's Cha Ching (in English).
I'm surprised that the first bible of tea is out of print and hardly
available anywhere. This is bordering on heresy.

Phyll

On May 29, 9:31 pm, Phyll > wrote:
> On May 29, 2:44 pm, pgwk > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Thanks Lars,
>
> > I have the Evans book already on order -- it has been recommended to
> > me by svereal people -- and will order the other two.
>
> > Let me recommend a book I haven't seen mentioned that is very good on
> > Indian history. It's Roy Moxham's Tea: Addiction and Empire (I haven't
> > got the title quite right -- we old guys get halfzheimer's memory
> > lapses quite often.) Hobhouse's Seeds of Change is brilliant, though
> > it includes teas as only one of the seeds and devotes just a section
> > to it. The others are quinine, sugar, the potato, cotton, and in the
> > new edition coca. It's mesmerizing and especially insightful on the
> > quinine/sugar/slave trade links.
>
> > On May 29, 4:09 pm, Lars I. Mehlum >
> > wrote:
>
> > > On 28 May 2007 17:25:25 -0700, pgwk > wrote:
>
> > > >I am always looking for good books on tea and finding very few. I
> > > >offer to assemble a bibliography for this group if you will let me
> > > >know books you have found interesting and useful, with a short summary
> > > >of what makes the book special
>
> > > I highly recommend "Tea in China" by John C. Evans, the best
> > > Engish-language treatise on tea's history that I am aware of. Read it,
> > > and you'll learn a few things about Chinese history too.
>
> > > Two other books about Chinese tea are also worth mentioning:
> > > "The Way of Tea" by Lam Kam Chuen and
> > > "All the tea in China" by Cow & Kramer
Agreed. Do you know how to get a copy of the Chinese text? If so, I
would be interested in getting it translated and published as a POD
(Print on Demand) text.

>
> > > Lars,
> > > Bergen, Norway- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Am still looking for a good copy of Lu Yu's Cha Ching (in English).
> I'm surprised that the first bible of tea is out of print and hardly
> available anywhere. This is bordering on heresy.
>
> Phyll- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

pgwk wrote:
> Agreed. Do you know how to get a copy of the Chinese text? If so, I
> would be interested in getting it translated and published as a POD
> (Print on Demand) text.

Try: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7406

hth

Phyll wrote:

> Am still looking for a good copy of Lu Yu's Cha Ching (in English).
> I'm surprised that the first bible of tea is out of print and hardly
> available anywhere. This is bordering on heresy.
>
> Phyll

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7406

It's in Chinese (BIG-5), but not very large.
Maybe you could find a Taiwanese translator?