The Little Tea Book

Compiled by Arthur Gray, The Little Tea Book is a collection of writings about tea by different authors. We learn where the earliest mention of tea was found, Tea making and taking in Japan and China, Australian tea, Tea in ladies' novels, poems about Tea and much more.Here is the start of the Introduction to The Little Tea Book:After all, tea is the drink! Domestically and socially it is the beverage of the world. There may be those who will come forward with their figures to prove that other fruits of the soil--agriculturally and commercially--are more important. Perhaps they are right when quoting statistics. But what other product can compare with tea in the high regard in which it has always been held by writers whose standing in literature, and recognized good taste in other walks, cannot be questioned?A glance through this book will show that the spirit of the tea beverage is one of peace, comfort, and refinement. As these qualities are all associated with the ways of women, it is to them, therefore--the real rulers of the world--that tea owes its prestige and vogue.