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All About Tea
- Year
- 1935
- Era
- 20th century
- Origin
- USA · Americas
- Language
- English
- Category
- Single-subject
All About Tea, issued in two substantial volumes by William H. Ukers, stands as the most exhaustive English-language treatise on tea ever compiled. Drawing on decades of trade journalism, Ukers surveyed the botany, cultivation, manufacture, commerce, social history, and customs of tea across producing and consuming nations. The companion to his earlier All About Coffee, the work remains a foundational reference for historians of beverages, agricultural commodities, and global trade.
Cooking from this book
Afternoon Tea
Signature dishWhile Ukers' monumental two-volume survey is more an encyclopedia than a cookbook, the ritual most emblematic of its sweep is the afternoon tea service. Ukers traces this institution across continents, from Chinese ceremony to British drawing room to American tea room, examining the leaf's botany, trade, and social customs. The afternoon tea, with its pot of carefully brewed leaves and accompanying light fare, stands as the cultural centerpiece around which his exhaustive scholarship turns.
An editorial note on a dish associated with this book, written for The Coquinist. It is not a reproduction of the book's recipe.
