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A Social History of Tea: Tea’s Influence on Commerce, Culture & Community

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British author and tea historian Jane Pettigrew has joined forces again with American tea author Bruce Richardson to chronicle the fascinating story of tea’s influence on British and American culture, commerce and community spanning nearly four centuries. These two leading tea professionals have seen first-hand the current tea renaissance sweeping brand new culture and have written over two dozen books in the case of tea, including The New Tea Companion. No beverage has shaped Western civilization more than the ancient elixir – tea.

Follow tea’s amazing journey from Canton to London, Boston and beyond as these two leaders of nowadays’s tea renaissance weave a captivating story detailing how the leaves of a simple Asian plant shaped the culture and politics of both the UK and the USA.

CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS

THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: First Tea in England * East India Company * The usa’s Thirst for Tea * Tea Jars & Caddies

THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY:  Teas for Sale * Tea Smuggling * Tea Etiquette * Liberty Tea * Boston Tea Party

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY:  An Empire Built on Tea * Jane Austen’s Tea Things * Afternoon Tea * Glasgow Tea Movement * Tea & Suffrage

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: Teabags * The Tea Room Movement * Wartime Tea * Rise of American Tea Brands * Tea Dances * Specialty Tea THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY The American Teasmith * Tea & Health * The Starbucks Effect * Culinary Tea

Here is history accurately written. In a spell-binding way the story skips merrily along whilst seeming to skip nothing; it moves quickly but never seems to hurry. Any lover of quaint and curious lore will spend happy hours taking instruction from these authors. –James Norwood Pratt

(Publisher)

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