The True History of Tea

by Victor H. Mair and Erling Hoh

Book Overview

World-renowned sinologist Victor H. Mair teams up with journalist Erling Hoh to tell the story of this remarkable beverage and its uses, from ancient times to the present, from East to West.

For the first time in a popular history of tea, the Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan, and Mongolian annals have been thoroughly consulted and carefully sifted. The resulting narrative takes the reader from the jungles of Southeast Asia to the splendor of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500251460
• ISBN13: 9780500251461
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.4"