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From beer to Coca-Cola, the six drinks that have helped shape human history.
Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority and charm, six of them have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history, becoming the defining drink during a pivotal historical period.
A History of the World in 6 Glasses tells the story of humanity from the
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A comprehensive guide for tea enthusiasts by an expert, covering everything from history and lore to tea cocktails and tea terminology.
It's a beverage, a commodity, a ceremony, a meal, a spiritual encounter, a connector of people, a drink of peace, a pick-me-up, a comforter, and a way of life for many. This comprehensive guide to tea explores the celebrated beverage through the eyes of a certified specialist.
From its sometimes-murky...
It's a beverage, a commodity, a ceremony, a meal, a spiritual encounter, a connector of people, a drink of peace, a pick-me-up, a comforter, and a way of life for many. This comprehensive guide to tea explores the celebrated beverage through the eyes of a certified specialist.
From its sometimes-murky...
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This work provides a guide to the history and production of tea, equipage and advice on preparing and brewing tea. It includes a directory of countries, with each entry featuring a map which shows the tea growing regions. Each tea featured is illustrated with three colour photographs showing the dried leaf, the leaf after infusion, and the colour of the liquor. The flavour and colour characteristics are given with brewing hints and drinking recommendations....
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"Traveling from East to West over thousands of years, tea has played a variety of roles on the world scene--in medicine, politics, the arts, culture, and religion. Behind this most serene of beverages, idolized by poets and revered in spiritual practices, lie stories of treachery, violence, smuggling, drug trade, international espionage, slavery, and revolution. This book explores tea in all its social and cultural aspects. Entertaining yet informative...
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"Tea has been one of the most popular commodities in the world. Over centuries, profits from its growth and sales funded wars and fueled colonization, and its cultivation brought about massive changes--in land use, labor systems, market practices, and social hierarchies--the effects of which are with us even today. A Thirst for Empire takes a vast and in-depth historical look at how men and women--through the tea industry in Europe, Asia, North America,...