I have just received a new book that should be of wide interest: "The
True Story of Tea" by Victor H. Mair & Erling Hoh, published by Thames
and Hudson, ISBN 978 0500251461 It covers the whole history of tea in
280 pages, economical on photos so high on content, it even mentions
Korea 7 times and quotes me once, so I cannot complain. I have yet to
read more than snippets, I can say that it is clearly designed for the
"general reader" and since the main author is a Professor of Chinese
Language and Literature, it is very well documented and covers all the
main tea-drinking places and besides . . .

Br Anthony

The NYT had an article on publishers trolling websites and blogs for
book deals. I guess they skipped me on Usenet. I hope I do end up in
a book without being asked, more money. I have one and only one
Korean tea which I like. Korea must have a tradition but you never
see it mentioned in books. Their stores only carry native soy bean
herbals besides the commercial Chinese teas.

Jim

On Apr 23, 3:34 am, Brother Anthony > wrote:
> I have just received a new book that should be of wide interest: "The
> True Story of Tea" by Victor H. Mair & Erling Hoh, published by Thames
> and Hudson, ISBN 978 0500251461 It covers the whole history of tea in
> 280 pages, economical on photos so high on content, it even mentions
> Korea 7 times and quotes me once, so I cannot complain. I have yet to
> read more than snippets, I can say that it is clearly designed for the
> "general reader" and since the main author is a Professor of Chinese
> Language and Literature, it is very well documented and covers all the
> main tea-drinking places and besides . . .
>
> Br Anthony