The Miracle of Tea: Practical Tips for Health, Home and Beauty: Practical Tips for Health, Home and Beauty

by Penny Stanway

It's not just about Camomile or Earl Grey - there are so many different teas from around the world waiting to be discovered and experimented with, and which will do wonders for your beauty and your garden. Most imortantly, Stanaway shows that teas are a key component of a healthy diet.The first chapter takes us through different the major tea types and varieties, a kind of Sibley's Guide to Teas. The rest of the book focusees on what we can do with teas, from tips on buying and storing them, to how to make use of them for caring for ourselves and our homes. Finally, there's a selection of the most delicious tea-containing recipes, carefully chosen to inspire and delight.

200 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Tony Allevato · Rating 4 out of 5]

The information presented in this book is fantastic. Dr. Stanway goes in-depth on everything there is to do with tea from preparing, blending, and steeping, to the compounds found in the different teas and their effects on the human body.

My only complaint with this book is how the information is organized. In addition to being "practical tips" I would like them to be easy to reference. When looking for information on a certain herb or spice, you have to navigate between several sections of the book in order to find the various components and each of their effects.

Aside from that personal issue, I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes to drink tea.

[Paige Norris · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn’t necessarily agree with the order in which some of the information was written. I felt like I might have understood some things better had certain sections been placed before or after others, but I love this book. It’s so informative and mostly makes sense. I’d give this a 4.5 if I had the chance. I definitely want to purchase it for future use.

[Sam Muldoon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very Informative and uniquely arranged in chemical, manufacturing, herbal, medicinal and historically cultural sections which gives this gem an unusually deep and comprehensive study of The Miracle of Tea is a boon to all with a view to steep and pour...