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From recipes and advice on tea-making to the history and significance of tea, this informative guide has something for every tea lover.
List of contents
THE ORIGINS OF TEA
Ancient times and the earliest dynasties: the dawning of tea
The Tang dynasty: birth of the tea culture
The Song dynasty: the height of the tea culture
The Ming dynasty: tea culture, and the return to simplicity
The Qing dynasty: the popular dimension of tea
The dissemination of tea in Europe
THE TEA PLANT
Botanics, varieties, cultivation, harvests, and diffusion
The chemistry of tea
The healing properties of tea
THE COLORS OF TEA
Color classification of tea
Quality assessment: tea classifications and terms
THE ART OF TEA MAKING
A comparison between European and Eastern infusions
HOW TO PREPARE AND DRINK A PROPER TEA - THE MAIN FACTORS
The importance of the water, water temperature, infusion on times, choice of accessories, quantity of tea, optimal storage method for tea
The importance of the water Water temperature
Infusion times
Choice of accessories Quantity of tea
Optimal storage method for tea
The Russian art of tea making: the Samovar
The Moroccan art of tea making: mint tea Iced tea: preparation methods
PROFESSIONAL TEA TASTING
Equipment and assessment methods
Tea scents
Comments on the appearance of leaves
Comments on the color of leaves
Comments on the scent
Comments on the color of the liquor
Comments on the taste of the liquor
GREEN TEA - CHINA
HOW TO PREPARE CHINESE GREEN TEA
HOW TO USE A GAIWAN TEACUP
A BIT OF ETIQUETTE FOR TEA DRINKING IF YOU GO TO CHINA
ANJI BAI CHA
JADE COLUMN - YU ZHU
DONG TING BI LUO CHUN
HUANG SHAN MAO FENG
HUO SHAN HUANG YA
LIU AN GUA PIAN
JASMINE PEARL - JASMINE LONG ZHO LONG JING
GREEN LYCHEE
TAI PING HOU KUI
HOW TO PREPARE BLOOMING GREEN TEAS
LU MU DAN
GREEN TEA - JAPAN
HOW TO PREPARE JAPANESE GREEN TEA
HOW TO USE THE KYUSU TEAPOT
BANCHA KAKEGAWA
GENMAICHA
GYOKURO HOUJICHA
KUKICHA
SENCHA KAGOSHIMA
CHA NO YU: THE ANCIENT JAPANESE ART OF TEA MAKING MATCHA
YELLOW TEA
HOW TO PREPARE YELLOW TEA
JUN SHAN YIN ZHEN
MENG DING HUANG YA (YELLOW YA)
WHITE TEA
HOW TO PREPARE WHITE TEA
BAI HAO YIN ZHEN BAI MU DAN RUHUNA SILVER TIPS
BLUE-GREEN OR WULONG TEA - CHINA
HOW TO PREPARE WULONG TEA
SHORT LESSON IN GONG FU CHA
DA HONG PAO
FENG HUANG DAN CONG HUANG JIN GUI
SHUI XIAN - WATER SPRITE TIE GUAN YIN
BLUE-GREEN OR WULONG TEA - TAIWAN
BAO ZHONG
DONG DING
HIGH MOUNTAIN JIN XUAN (MILKY WULONG) ORIENTAL BEAUTY
BERGAMOT WULONG
OSMANTHUS WULONG
RED TEA
CHINESE RED TEA
HOW TO PREPARE RED TEA
LAPSANG SOUCHONG - ZHENG SHAN XIAO ZHONG QIMEN
GOLDEN YUNNAN
RED MAO FENG
INDIAN AND SRI LANKAN BLACK TEA
HOW TO PREPARE BLACK TEAS ENGLISH TEA
DARJEELING CASTLETON FTGFOP1 - SF
DARJEELING GOPALDHARA FTGFOP1 - FF
DARJEELING JUNGPANA FTGFOP1 - SF WONDER MUSCATEL
DARJEELING MARGARET’S HOPE FTGFOP1 - FF
DARJEELING SEEYOK FTGFOP1 - FF
ASSAM HATTIALLI FTGFOP1 - SF
ASSAM BANASPATY FTGFOP1 - FF
NUWARA ELIYA HIGH GROWN
RUHUNA GOLDEN TIPS
UVA HIGH GROWN
FERMENTED (OR BLACK) TEA
HOW TO PREPARE FERMENTED TEA
PU’ER SHENG CHA - CAKE
PU’ER SHU CHA - CAKE
PU’ER STEMS - BRICK
FU CHA TOP GRADE - BRICK
PROCESSED TEAS
SCENTED, FLAVORED, AND BLOOMING TEAS
TEA TIME AND SERVING SUGGESTIONS
20 RECIPES BY CHEF GIOVANNI RUGGIERI
About the author
Gabriella Lombardi is co-founder and president of Protea Academy, an association for the dissemination of tea culture. Gabriella works with passion and commitment to ensure that the values and authentic knowledge relating to the world of tea are disseminated with coherence, transparency, professionalism, seriousness, and respect for all who work as professionals in this world.
Protea Academy, exclusive partner in Italy and first in Europe of THAC (Tea and Herbal Association of Canada), is a non-profit organization affiliated with the Italian Culture and Sport Association (AICS) and full member of the International Tea Committee. Protea Academy is the national coordinator of the Tea Masters Cup and organizer of the European Tea Show, the trade fair event aimed at tea enthusiasts and professionals. She lives in Milano, Italy.
Summary
From recipes and advice on tea-making to the history and significance of tea, this informative guide has something for every tea lover.
Foreword
Gabriella Lombardi is the first professional Tea Sommelier in Europe, certified by the Tea Association of Canada. She is also the creator of Chà Tea Atelier, the first shop in Milan specialized in the sale and tasting of fine teas.Gabriella Lombardi is co-founder and president of Protea Academy, an association for the dissemination of tea culture.
She is the author of the book Why We Love Tea,, translated into English, French and German.
Gabriella works with passion and commitment to ensure that the values and authentic knowledge relating to the world of tea are disseminated with coherence, transparency, professionalism, seriousness, and respect for all who work as professionals in this world.
Protea Academy, exclusive partner in Italy and first in Europe of THAC (Tea and Herbal Association of Canada), is a non-profit organization affiliated with the Italian Culture and Sport Association (AICS) and full member of the International Tea Committee.
Protea Academy is the national coordinator of the Tea Masters Cup and organizer of the European Tea Show, the trade fair event aimed at tea enthusiasts and professionals. She lives in Milano, Italy.
