Tasting Qualities: The Past and Future of Tea Volume 5

by Sarah Besky

Book Overview

What is the role of quality in contemporary capitalism? How is a product as ordinary as a bag of tea judged for its quality? In her innovative study, Sarah Besky addresses these questions by going inside an Indian auction house where experts taste and appraise mass-market black tea, one of the world's most recognized commodities. Pairing rich historical data with ethnographic research among agronomists, professional tea tasters and traders, and tea...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520303253
• ISBN13: 9780520303256
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"