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Title: Think about Tea
Review: I read this book immediately after its publication and eventually assigned a few sections to one of my classes. The students loved the material and the writing.Piya Chatterjee artfully tells the story behind the tea that we drink. Portions of the book will make you gasp, as you read that some believed that only virgins could pick the tea leaves, since non-virgins would destroy the leaves by merely touching the leaves!Chatterjee's writing evokes the images of what it is like for these women who worked and continue to work on the tea plantations. Her research was extensive in the field. The book is historical, political, and analytical. It isn't written for a lay audience, but I'm sure that most would enjoy reading this book.
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