title: Tea Basics: A Quick and Easy Guide
author: Ric Rhinehart
description: Tea is quickly following coffee into the beverage spotlight. In this concise and accessible guide, you'll get a straightforward introduction to the fundamentals of fine tea. The authors--industry insiders--demystify the world of tea, giving insights into tea's botanical origins and history, as well as its varieties, processing, and grading. Tea Basics also offers tips for tea appreciation.
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  # Books of Stone
  
  
  ### Found
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## B. L. Brunnemer
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2018 by B. L. Brunnemer
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or
  mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without
  written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in
  a book review.
  
  
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  For Melissa, Weez and Susan.
  
  
  Without you three this book would have been in the trash can.
  
  
  And Cece, thank you for educating me in the proper way to make tea.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0004.html#3Q280-ed21eeab33c5476088c136c39c83fef0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0005.html#4OIQ0-ed21eeab33c5476088c136c39c83fef0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0006.html#5N3C0-ed21eeab33c5476088c136c39c83fef0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0007