Tea books and magazines?

[Beanbean]

Hi. I'm new here and I'm not quite sure where to post this. Please be patient with me!

I LOVE tea. I've been drinking tea for over 40 years (and I'm not that old!) but I find that I really don't know that much about it except that it is almost impossible to get a good cup of tea outside of my own kitchen and I know what I like.

That said, can anyone make any suggestions about periodicals and books that might be helpful to a new apprentice? I am so happy that I stumbled upon this site and I've already learned a lot in the 24 hours I've been registered here. I have picked up a couple of issues of "Tea" magazine, mostly for the photos, recipes and ads but I was wondering if there is a "tea rosetta stone" for newbs.

[olivierco]

The most useful informations on tea and how to brew it you can get are on forums (especially here) or teablogs.

If you are looking for a book, I like "New tastes in green tea"




It contains a brief history of Japanese green tea, have some nice photos and gives good recipes.

A recent post on teabooks

[Proinsias]

http://www.the-leaf.org/

It's good and best of all it's free.

[Wosret]

I've recently discovered Google Books, which provides some books for free (often those past copyright), others with a limited preview, and some with just a summary. There are a surprising number of books about tea available there, as well as some really fascinating publications that are more than a century old.

Don't forget that your local library might have some good books on tea, and that's free, too.

[Chip]

Just a reminder, this is our special tea book topic.

TeaBooks

[Wosret]

Ah, thanks! I was very confused for a minute, until I figured out that there are two boards here called Other.

[britt]

The Art of Tea magazine is an excellent supplement to any books you may be reading on the subject of tea. It is available from the Hou De Asian website.