From tea guru Sebastian Beckwith and New York Times bestsellers Caroline Paul and Wendy MacNaughton comes the essential guide to exploring and enjoying the vast world of tea. Tea, the most popular beverage in the world after water, has brought nations to war, defined cultures, bankrupted coffers, and toppled kings. And yet in many ways this fragrantly comforting and storied brew remains elusive, even to its devotees. As down-to-earth yet stylishly refined as the drink itself, A Little Tea Book submerges readers into tea, exploring its varieties, subtleties, and pleasures right down to the process of selecting and brewing the perfect cup. From orange pekoe to pu-erh, tea expert Sebastian Beckwith provides surprising tips, fun facts, and flavorful recipes to launch dabblers and connoisseurs alike on a journey of taste and appreciation. Along with writer and fellow tea-enthusiast Caroline Paul, Beckwith walks us through the cultural and political history of the elixir that has touched every corner of the world. Featuring featuring charming, colorful charts, graphs, and illustrations by bestselling illustrator Wendy MacNaughton and Beckwith's sumptuous photographs, A Little Tea Book is a friendly, handsome, and illuminating primer with a dash of sass and sophistication. Cheers!

Afternoon tea is an English ritual, a social as well as culinary affair. A Little Book of English Teas presents an exquisite array of afternoon tea fare, from dainty sandwiches and "biscuits" to heartier muffins and cakes. Traditional English recipes are given for such delights as Egg and Watercress Sandwiches, Lancashire Cheese Scones, Florentines, Maids of Honor, Crumpets, and many other favorites. Each recipe is accompanied by a delightful full-color illustration.

Demystifies the ancient art and practice of tea cultivation, from how various kinds of tea are prepared to the best ways to achieve the experience of tea nirvana at home.

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Bargain Books are non-returnable.In the popular tradition of The Art of the Cocktail, this classic little volume includes recipes for drinks made with vodka, rum, gin, tequila, and brandy.

The exiled scion of a prominent Boston banking family, forty-seven-year-old Wheeler Burden is living in 1988 San Francisco until he is mysteriously transported to fin de sicle Vienna, a city that he finds strangely familiar, where he finds a mentor in Sigmund Freud, falls in love with a young American woman, and gains insight into the war-hero father he never knew. A first novel. 100,000 first printing.