The Tea Book (Hardback)

Matcha or chai? Bubble tea or Earl Grey? Whatever your tea of choice, this beautiful book shows you everything you need to know to bring the fragrance and allure of the tea shop into your home.

Discover the best ways to choose, prepare, and taste the many different varieties of tea, with over one hundred international tea recipes, including iced tea, kombucha, and herbal tisanes such as yerba mate. Learn about the history of tea and tea customs around the world, from afternoon tea to the Japanese tea ceremony.

The Tea Book features tasting notes to help you identify key characteristics, so that you can tell your green tea from your pu'er. While information on growing and harvest seasons and maps of the most important tea-producing regions, show you the journey of tea from plantation to teapot. This fully illustrated, hands-on guide is the perfect gift for tea lovers, or a treat for any tea aficionado.

The Author:

Linda Gaylard is a Canadian Tea Sommelier, certified by The Tea Association of Canada and a graduate of the Tea Sommelier programme from the culinary arts facility of George Brown College in Toronto. In 2009, she left a career as an influential wardrobe stylist to launch the website The Tea Stylist, for which she is best known. Linda also writes for international tea publications, appears in television interviews and on lifestyle video blogs, and hosts tea tastings and events. On her quest for tea knowledge, Linda has travelled around the world, including to China and Korea, where she has toured farms, met producers, and tasted exquisite teas. Linda regularly attends and gives talks at tea fairs around the world, including the World Tea Expo, where she accepted an award for The Tea Book as World Tea Award's Best Tea Publication for 2017.