Books on tea?

Any suggestions? I'd like to find something that is both entertaining,
easy-to-read and informative.
Any hints and/or suggestions would be most welcome.

rgds,
ole k

A nice large volume (roughly 10 by 13 inch, half photos) for the tea
AKA coffee table:

The Book of Tea forward by Anthony Burgess
ISBN 2-08-013533-3, Flammarion, 1993, 256 pages

Jim

Ole Kvaal wrote:
> Any suggestions? I'd like to find something that is both
entertaining,
> easy-to-read and informative.
> Any hints and/or suggestions would be most welcome.
>
> rgds,
> ole k

I keep forgetting. My book has no print date. Mine still has the ISBN
tag dated 11/03/93 used for scanning. The print date could be older
but that book shoppe was the biggest or one of the biggest in the
country and still is, Tattered Cover. I'm sure it was hot off the
presses since it was hardback. My favorite photo Page 111, the old
Chinese guy sipping from his gaiwan. It looks a little larger than the
ones I buy in Chinatown.

Jim

Michael Plant wrote:
> Space
Cowboy1106834303.627947.118110@c13g2...leg ro1/27/05
> 08:58netstuff@ix.netcom.com
>
> > A nice large volume (roughly 10 by 13 inch, half photos) for the
tea
> > AKA coffee table:
> >
> > The Book of Tea forward by Anthony Burgess
> > ISBN 2-08-013533-3, Flammarion, 1993, 256 pages
> >
> > Jim
>
>
> Jim,
>
> I have that book and I love the pictures. My (hardcover) copy has no
date
> that I can find. It's weird. I looked all over it. Probably missed
it.
> Where's the 1993 date printed?
>
> Michael

Mydnight wrote:
> On 27 Jan 2005 07:32:41 -0800, "Space Cowboy"
<netstuff@ix.netcom.com>
> wrote:

> You know, there is an old tea shop in a water town (called
Zhouzhuang)
> in the Zhejiang province. In that shop, an old man and woman had the
> coolest gaiwans that I had seen. The gaiwans weren't so tall as the
> normal ones used for steeping tea in, they were a little wider
brimmed
> and flatter and used for drinking. I searched high and low in the
> southern part of China to locate a gaiwan just for drinking tea but I
> could not find them anywhere.

> Mydnight

Intriguing - I haven't seen these before. Do you know of any pictures
of this style gaiwan on the web?

sally

Alain Stella was a main contributor to The Book of Tea. I notice he is
also a contributor to Mariage Freres: French Tea which retails in my
local book store for $100. It is sealed and I don't want to spend that
kind of money even if discounted on the Internet and find it is a sales
brochure. Does anyone have a copy and care to comment about it
contents?

Jim

Space Cowboy wrote:
> I keep forgetting. My book has no print date. Mine still has the
ISBN
> tag dated 11/03/93 used for scanning. The print date could be older
> but that book shoppe was the biggest or one of the biggest in the
> country and still is, Tattered Cover. I'm sure it was hot off the
> presses since it was hardback. My favorite photo Page 111, the old
> Chinese guy sipping from his gaiwan. It looks a little larger than
the
> ones I buy in Chinatown.
>
> Jim
>
> Michael Plant wrote:
> > Space
> Cowboy1106834303.627947.118110@c13g2...leg ro1/27/05
> > 08:58netstuff@ix.netcom.com
> >
> > > A nice large volume (roughly 10 by 13 inch, half photos) for the
> tea
> > > AKA coffee table:
> > >
> > > The Book of Tea forward by Anthony Burgess
> > > ISBN 2-08-013533-3, Flammarion, 1993, 256 pages
> > >
> > > Jim
> >
> >
> > Jim,
> >
> > I have that book and I love the pictures. My (hardcover) copy has
no
> date
> > that I can find. It's weird. I looked all over it. Probably missed
> it.
> > Where's the 1993 date printed?
> >
> > Michael

While I do enjoy some of his writing, James Norwood Pratt comes off as
pretty pretentious to me. Maybe it's just me, though.