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Follow the ultimate coffee geeks on their worldwide hunt for the best beans.
Can a cup of coffee reveal the face of God? Can it become the holy grail of modern-day knights errant who brave hardship and peril in a relentless quest for perfection? Can it change the world? These questions are not rhetorical. When highly prized coffee beans sell at auction for $50, $100, or $150 a pound wholesale (and potentially twice that at retail), anything can...
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Join JT Hunter, an aspiring American tea hunter on his tea hunting expeditions to find China's ancient and wild tea trees. Find out for the first time the harsh truths behind big tea business and follow his journey to meet the last true tea artisans. Learn about a secret Taoist tea culture that aligns tea plants with star constellations. Delve into the spiritual tea culture of the Hani hill tribe that reveres ancient tea trees as sacred spirits of...
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Have you ever wished the world would just stop for a minute?
What if it could?
As a teenager, Steve Schwartz lived in 24/7 survival mode, going hungry whenever he couldn't find enough work to pay for a school lunch. At the age of eighteen, he nursed his dying mother through the final stages of terminal cancer.
His mother's death launched him on a journey to the far reaches of the world, where he discovered a passion for the ancient, calming rituals...
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“The Book of Coffee and Tea” is a passionate guide to selecting, tasting, preparing, and serving the beverages caffeine connoisseurs can't live without.
Written by Joel, David, and Karl Schapira-acknowledged experts in the coffee-roasting and tea-importing business-this book will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about that beloved cup of joe (or orange pekoe), including how to: distinguish between Kona, Jamaican, Mocha, Java, and the...
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Do you consider yourself a coffee lover? Perhaps you enjoy a good cup of coffee once a day...or maybe it's a whole pot? But have you ever stopped and wondered just how much more you could enjoy coffee if you just knew a little bit more about it? For example, did you know that there are more than a handful of different ways to brew your morning "cuppa Joe"? "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Coffee" is designed to teach you more about coffee...
46) How to Make Tea
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How do you like your tea? In How to Make Tea, tea experts Brian Keating and Kim Long will teach you everything you need to know to make your desired cup. We've been drinking tea for thousands of years, yet few of us realize that all tea types-from elegant lapsang to pungent pu-erh-come from the same plant. But how are there so many different styles? It comes down to science: geography, biology, chemistry, and physics; the application of heat and pressure;...
48) Tea Guide
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Tea isn't just another plant. It isn't just a drink that's been around for ages. It's a beverage that brings a wide variety of physical and mental health benefits into your kitchen. However, not all teas are created equal. There is tea for every occasion and every purpose. From black to white, oolong to green, each type of tea has its own bold or delicate flavors. Each tea-growing region imparts its own flavorful nuances to the tea the ground nurtures....
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"Sinnott's guide to primo coffee enables readers to fill their cups to the rim . . . with greatness . . . [It] will result in a better cup of joe." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
There is no other beverage that gives you a better way to travel the world than coffee. You can literally taste the volcanic lava from Sumatra, smell the spice fields of India, and lift your spirits to the Colombian mountaintops in your morning cup of joe. The Art...
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An engaging historical survey of tea in literature from ancient China to today. The History of Tea focuses on tea and tea time in books, plays, and poems. Whether used for flirtation or a reason to bring key characters together, this delightful book explores our relationship with tea through fiction. Divided into chapters to include a brief tea history, romantic teas and tea parties (from the infamous Boston Tea Party to the bizarre Madhatter's Tea...
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Brimming with ideas to inspire you year 'round, “Our Favorite Food Gifts” cookbook is just what you've been looking for. We've gathered a collection of mixes and recipes for every season!
Whatever the occasion, we've got just the gift you'll want to give. For birthdays, Mothers' Day or anytime, all of these gifts are sure to wow 'em! Best of all, you'll find lots of fresh and clever ways to package gifts from your kitchen and new ways to celebrate...
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Romance your oat porridge with rooibos, jazz up your brussels sprouts with jasmine, charge your horchata with masala chai! Annelies Zijderveld's deliciously inventive tea-steeped recipes include:
• Matcha Chia Pudding Parfaits
• Earl Grey Soba Noodle Salad
• Green Tea Coconut Rice
• Chamomile Buttermilk Pudding with Caramelized Banana
• Earl Grey Poached Pears with Masala Chai Caramel Sauce
This beautiful book will inspire you to pull...
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This fresh new release is a beautiful, hip guide to the world of coffee brought to you by New York City's popular connoisseur coffee chain, Joe. Written from the point of view of owners (and siblings) Jonathan and Gabrielle Rubinstein, the reader is welcomed into the tight-knit international specialty coffee community of committed growers, buyers, roasters, entrepreneurs, baristas, and drinkers. Their mission: to source, purchase, roast, serve, and...
54) A Literary Tea Party: Blends and Treats for Alice, Bilbo, Dorothy, Jo, and Book Lovers Everywhere
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A Literary-Inspired Cookbook for Voracious Readers at Teatime
Tea and books: the perfect pairing. There's nothing quite like sitting down to a good book on a lovely afternoon with a steaming cup of tea beside you, as you fall down the rabbit hole into the imaginative worlds of Alice in Wonderland, The Hobbit, and Sherlock Holmes . . .
Fire up your literary fancies and nibble your way through delicate sweets and savories with A Literary Tea Party,...
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"From PEN/America Award winner, 2021 Guggenheim fellow, and beloved literary and tarot icon Michelle Tea, the hilarious, powerfully written, taboo-breaking story of her journey to pregnancy and motherhood as a 40 year-old, queer, uninsured woman. Written in intimate, gleefully TMI prose, Knocking Myself Up is the irreverent account of Tea's route to parenthood-with a group of ride-or-die friends, a generous drag queen, and a whole lot of can-do pluck....
58) The tea rose
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Her family and dreams shattered by her father's untimely death at the hands of a ruthless tea baron, Fiona Finnegan flees East London and eventually establishes herself at the head of the tea trade in New York.
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An illustrated A-to-Z guide to coffee terms, techniques, beans, equipment, and more, from a champion barista.
Here is the ultimate Arabica to Zambia guide to all things coffee. This informative dictionary covers everything that goes into brewing the perfect cup. There's something new to learn on every page! More than two hundred entries, colorfully illustrated with artwork throughout, expertly explain everything from terms and techniques to beans...
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For those looking for a detailed guide to the world of coffee tasting, look no further. In this book, you'll discover the science behind why coffee tastes the way it does, and learn how to determine and communicate that flavor. You'll learn professional coffee cup tasting (cupping) techniques, as well as fun exercises to develop your palate. Peppered with the author's own whimsical illustrations, The Coffee Tasting Guide is at once detailed, thorough,...
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