The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea Hardcover - 2008

by Michael Harney

The country's leading connoisseur presents a comprehensive guidefor developing your tea palate.

The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea transforms teadrinkers into tea experts. Written by one of the country'sleading tea professionals, The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea is anilluminating resource for tea drinkers interested in developingand refining their palate as well as their understanding of thecomplex agricultural, historical, and cultural significance oftea.

Drawing on his singular experience, Michael Harneymasterly explores the full range of teas, revealing how each teais distinctive, with a taste that derives from a precise combinationof cultivation and production techniques, and influencedby the geography as well as its history. These lively profiles ofdiverse tea varieties from delicate white tea to aged blackpuerh tea include brewing instructions and vivid descriptionsof the beverage scent, taste, and appearance; everything youneed to become a connoisseur.

Tea has long been popular in the United States,but only recently have Americans treated this nuanced beveragewith a deeper curiosity, more refined approach, and widerappetite. The Wall Street Journal reports that total U.S. tea salesare nearly four times what they were in 1990, and this growingpopulation of discriminate consumers will celebrate the newvocabulary provided in The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea.

Unique in scope, candor, and accessibility,The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea will quickly become the classicreference and staple in the library of every serious tea drinker.