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Darjeeling, the colorful history and precarious fate of the world's greatest tea, Jeff Koehler

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Darjeeling, the colorful history and precarious fate of the world's greatest tea, Jeff Koehler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-277) and index

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portraitsplatesillustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Darjeeling

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

894491552

Responsibility statement

Jeff Koehler

Sub title

the colorful history and precarious fate of the world's greatest tea

Summary

"Darjeeling's tea bushes run across a mythical landscape steeped with the religious, the sacred, and the picturesque.... [Those bushes] produce only a fraction of the world's tea, and less than one percent of India's total. Yet the tea from that limited crop, with its characteristic bright, amber-colored brew and muscatel flavors--delicate and flowery, hinting of apricots and peaches--is generally considered the best in the world. This is the story of how Darjeeling tea began, was key to the largest tea industry on the globe under Imperial British rule, and came to produce the highest-quality tea leaves anywhere in the world."--Publisher's website

Table Of Contents

Two leaves and a bud -- First flush. Into the hills -- Journey from the East -- The company -- An Indian tea industry -- China leaf -- Second flush. Darjeeling -- Terroir to teacup -- A decision for the mouth to make -- Knocking down -- Monsoon flush. The Raj in the hills above -- Nostalgia -- Planters and pluckers -- Midnight's planters -- Crises -- Autumn flush. Positive winds -- Soil -- Celestial influences -- Initiatives -- Back down the hill -- Recipes

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