Tea: A Global History

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In Tea: A Global History, Helen Saberi explores the rich and fascinating history of tea. She looks at the economic and social uses of tea, which was used as currency during the Tang Dynasty, and combined with Tango dancing in 1913 to create a tea dance called The Dansant. Tea also explores how customs and traditions surrounding the beverage have evolved throughout time, as well as where and how tea is grown around the world. Featuring vivid images and recipes for both drinking tea and using it as a flavouring, Tea will engage both the senses and the mind.

Helen Saberi is the author of Noshe Djan: Afghan Food and Cookery (1986). For many years she assisted the late Alan Davidson in the completion of his Oxford Companion to Food and was his co-author of Trifle. She is also co-author, with David Burnett, of The Road to Vindaloo: Curry Cooks and Curry Books.

'These are food memoirs, salacious and exotic, colorful, powdered, sweet, greasy and globe-trotting ... sharp and speedy little reads, spotted with off-kilter illustrations' - Chicago Tribune 'These little morsels of books are part of a delightful and new imprint known as the Edible series ... The history of each foodstuff is set out compactly and with erudition ... in each case, it's when the history moves closer to current day that revelation and delight meet.' - Diplomat magazine 'The Edible series of books, with titles such as Tea, Sandwich, Soup and others, are full of fascinating facts but are almost small enough to squeeze into a Christmas stocking.' - Delicious 'a charming, erudite little book' - Oxford Times 'as the subtitle of this handy, informative little volume indicates, tea is enjoyed the world over and ranks, globally,as the second-most-popular beverage after water.' - Booklist 'a highly readable, engaging book, one best enjoyed while sipping a cup of tea oneself.' - InMamasKitchen