Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with Tea 5
Chapter 1: It’s Time for Tea 7
Chapter 2: Tea for You, Tea for Me 13
Chapter 3: From Garden to Cup 25
Part 2: Talking about Different Types of Tea 39
Chapter 4: Black Tea 41
Chapter 5: Green Tea 53
Chapter 6: Oolong (Wulong) Tea 63
Chapter 7: White Tea 69
Chapter 8: Other Teas 75
Chapter 9: Herbal Teas 83
Chapter 10: Drinking Tea Like an Expert 91
Part 3: Getting Curious about Caffeine 113
Chapter 11: Caffeine: Tempest in a Teacup? 115
Chapter 12: Less Is Not Always More — Decaffeinated Tea 133
Part 4: Spilling the Tea about Health Benefits 139
Chapter 13: Tea and Its Powerful Antioxidants 141
Chapter 14: Investigating the Health Benefits of Tea 149
Chapter 15: Investigating the Health Benefits of Herbal Tea 167
Part 5: My Cup of Tea — Around the World 183
Chapter 16: Exploring Tea-Producing Regions of the World 185
Chapter 17: Embracing Age-Old Traditions and Ceremonies 195
Chapter 18: Insight into the Tea Industry 207
Part 6: Let’s Have Tea — In the Kitchen, at the Bar 217
Chapter 19: Cooking and Baking with Tea 219
Chapter 20: Tea and Food Pairing 249
Chapter 21: Tea Mixology 257
Part 7: The Part of Tens 285
Chapter 22: Ten Plus Things to Do with Tea That You Don’t Like 287
Chapter 23: More Than Ten Myths about Tea 291
Glossary 297
Index 305