The Second Edition of master tea merchant Roy Fong's classic The Great Teas of China has been thoroughly revised, rewritten, and re-edited, with significant new material added, particularly around water, teaware, and the brewing process. Fong also included more memories, anecdotes, and photographs from over 30 years of travel and learning in China's tea regions. From hand-picked white teas from Fu Ding and expertly crafted oolongs from Taiwan, to patiently aged puerh from Yunnan and everything in between, Fong offers his insights on choosing, brewing, and enjoying more than a dozen iconic Chinese tea varieties. Since 1993, Fong's Imperial Tea Court in San Francisco has been educating and inspiring tea enthusiasts, who visit from all over the world to enjoy America's finest selection of Chinese tea. The Great Teas of China is a very personal and accessible introduction to contemporary connoisseurship of Camellia sinensis, the flowering perennial at the heart of Chinese culture for thousands of years.

The Great Teas of China is the authoritative guide to the extraordinary tea world of China, written by the leading master tea merchant in the United Stare, Roy Fong. From hand picked white teas from Fu Ding and expertly crafted oolongs from Taiwan, to patiently aged puerch from Yunnan and everything in between. Fong offers his insights on choosing. brewing, and enjoying over a dozen of his favorite Chinese teas. Fong's Imperial Tea Court teahouse in San Francisco has been an inspiration to a whole generation of tea enthusiasts, who visit from all over the world to enjoy the finest selection of Chinese teas available in America. The Great Teas of China is a very personal and accessible introduction to contemporary tea connoisseurship. The Great Teas of Chins includes detailed information about tea farming, local history and culture of tea growing regions, arid artisanal techniques for processing the leaves of Camellia sinensis the flowering perennial at the heart of Chinese culture for thousands of years. Illustrations with color photographs and maps In 1993, Hong Kong native Roy Fong and his wife Grace created the now famous Imperial 'Tea Court in San Francisco, California. He is widely recognized as an authority on Chinese tea and has written about tea for Kyoto Journal and Tea Magazine, been Featured in numerous publications including The New York Times. Forbes, Gourmet, Wine Spectator and Sunset Magazine, and has appeared on the National Public Radio program Talk of the Nation and in the film The Meaning of Tea. During his term as head of Research & Development for the international Tea Masters Association, he spent several years directing and personally overseeing the award winning Lotus Heart Dragon Well tea program in the renowned West Lake area of Hangzhou, China In 1997, an international jury awarded his Imperial Green tea First Place at the Tea Masters annual conference. There are now two Imperial Tea Court locations, in San Francisco's Ferry Building and in Berkeley, California.

Tea lovers will want to curl up - a pot of their favorite variety at hand - and linger over every informative page of this comprehensive account of tea's history and qualities. Chow and Kramer focus on Chinese teas and tea practices; their wonderfully detailed discussions leave no stone unturned in bringing to light all facets of tea as a plant, drink and institution. Two particularly interesting chapters center on tea's health benefits (which seem to be wide ranging and consequential) and how to make a good cup of tea (no easy task, to which any tea drinker can attest).

First published in 1985, The Chinese Art of Tea is an exploration into the history of tea and the Chinese art of tea, known as ch’a-shu. The book begins by delving into the history and legends surrounding tea before moving on to a study of the Emperor Hui Tsung’s treatise on tea and approaches to tea during the Ming Dynasty. It discusses tea gardens, teahouses, the relationship between tea and ceramics, and the connection between tea and health. The book also features a detailed manual for practising the art of drinking tea, including advice for choosing tea, buying tea, different types of infusion and drinking vessels, and the attitude required for obtaining the fullest satisfaction from tea. The Chinese Art of Tea is ideal for anyone with an interest in the history and art of drinking tea, and the social and cultural history of China.