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Synopsis
Consumer interest in tea has grown rapidly in recent years and continues to climb. Worldwide there are 25,000 cups of tea consumed every second--more than billion cups per day Recent studies showing the high level of toxicity in commercially produced teas have driven committed drinkers to consider growing their own tea. Grow Your Own Tea is for this lay audience. Lucky for them, tea is not an exotic, hard-to-grow crop--it can be successfully grown anywhere that camellias can be grown. In Grow Your Own Tea readers will learn how to cultivate, harvest, and process this venerable crop. Parks and Wolcott share details on how to get started; describe cultivation, long-term maintenance, and harvesting; show how to grow tea plants in containers; and describe how to process and store harvested tea leaves. Grow Your Own Tea includes information on how to produce white, green, oolong, and black teas.
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"Plant a tea plant and watch it grow Grow Your Own Tea is truly a masterpiece how-to guide to cultivating and enjoying the sacred leaf. t will delight even the armchair gardener and casual tea lover." --James Norwood Pratt, author of James Norwood Pratt's Tea Dictionary Tea lovers, make a fresh pot, sit down with this delightful guide, and discover the joys of growing and processing your own tea at home. Tea farmer Christine Parks and enthusiast Susan Walcott cover it all from growing tea plants and harvesting leaves, to the distinct processes that create each tea's signature flavors.
In this comprehensive handbook, you'll discover tea's ancient origins, learn about the single plant that produces white, green, oolong, and black teas, and discover step-by-step instructions for plucking, withering, and rolling. Simple recipes that highlight the flavor of tea and creative uses for around the home round out this must-read for tea fans.