Green Tea: A Quest for Fresh Leaf and Timeless Craft

by Kevin Gascoyne, Hugo Americi, Jasmin Desharnais

Today s green tea advocates are again myriad, but few are as passionate as Hugo Américi, François Marchand, Jasmin Desharnais, and Kevin Gascoyne, a talented quartet of Quebec tea professionals who, for nearly two decades, have developed their much-respected Camellia Sinensis Tea Houses in Montreal and Quebec City. These four gifted teaists are obsessive about their vocation. Each year, they set out to explore the world in search of outstanding teas. Kevin visits India and Sri Lanka, Jasmin and François team up for China, and Hugo heads to Taiwan, Vietnam, and Japan. They return with unique teas and fantastic stories of their adventures in far-off gardens. As a gift to all of us who love tea, they have assembled various accounts of their experiences in those remote areas where the craft of making tea has been practiced for centuries. Readers will be left with a new understanding of these artisanal teas that, like great wines, exemplify the terroir of their countrysides.
Prepare to be transported to distant tea gardens in an unending quest for new leaf and timeless craft. This colorful edition also contains steeping notes and suggested techniques for making a great cup of green tea time after time.

This English edition of the original French version has been edited by American tea writer Bruce Richardson.

Genres: Tea, Food

176 pages, Hardcover

Published April 9, 2015

About the author

Kevin Gascoyne is a professional tea taster at Camellia Sinensis Tea House in Montreal specializing in black teas.

Reviews

[Amos · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful love letter to these tasty little bushes, highlighting the growing, processing, preparing and enjoyment of Chinese and Japanese green teas.
Oh hells yes!!

5 Deliciously Steeped Stars

[hannah cottrill · Rating 5 out of 5]

|| 4.5 ⭐️ ||

A beautiful love letter to green tea, its history, and all of the hands that take part in preparing it. This book is a hidden gem that I’m delighted to have on my tea shelf. I really enjoyed all the snippets of facts, stories, interviews, research. Also such a lovely book to hold and flip through with the stunning photography and cozy, aesthetic format!

[Nathan Scheer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic!