Jane Pettigrew's World of Tea: Discovering Producing Regions and their Teas

by Jane Pettigrew (Editor)

World of Tea awarded BEST NEW PRODUCT, Publications and Books Category, at World Tea Expo . All around the world, there is a growing interest in specialty teas. Just as wine lovers want to learn more about wine producing regions of the world, so tea lovers are seeking out similar information. Jane Pettigrew's World of Tea explores more than 60 tea-producing countries, explaining their history, terroir, variety of cultivars, manufacturing processes, types, local tea culture, and rituals. Featuring detailed maps and beautiful full color photography on every page, Jane Pettigrew's World of Tea is the only guide to tea you'll ever need.

Genres: Tea, Nonfiction

434 pages, Hardcover

Published June 15, 2018

About the author

Jane Pettigrew is a tea specialist, historian, writer and consultant. Since 1983, she has been working in the UK and around the world to explain and share the fascinating world of tea.

She has written 15 books on the many and varied aspects of tea, its production, history and culture, and she writes for tea related magazines and journals.

She also gives regular tea masterclasses and tea tastings, speaks on radio and TV and acts as consultant to tea companies, new tea businesses, table ware and tea ware companies.

Reviews

[Seajay · Rating 5 out of 5]

As an ex-coffee drinker, I'm finding that tea is much more interesting a beverage. Plus, it's good for health, especially the greens. I'm savoring the information the author provided as I sip my matcha. This is a book to read and learn from, so it will take months for me to get through it. And I agree, the pictures add greatly to the experience. I never realized how labor intensive it is to harvest the leaves and am astonished that the finished product is still affordable.

[MyImpossibleList · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this encyclopedia in a few days, skimming over the details of some plantations, which are completely unhelpful to me, since those paragraphs summarize how a plantation came to be, who works there, how big it is, what notes or fragnance the tea has, and the pictures do not even illustrate well how the purple tea looks like, for example, or how tea is dried (step-by-step). Some pictures were added in just because they looked nice.

Overall: too much information, too few informational images, and boring.

[Lindsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not only is this book fabulous and informative to read but it’s a large book that looks perfect on the coffee table. I met the Author on a recent tea tour and I was so honored to have met her, she really was incredibly informative and just so friendly. This is one of those must purchase tea books in my opinion.

[Cherie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a gorgeous but incredibly in-depth tea book. I tried to read it straight through, which you can't - it's more more of a coffee table book with a bit too much info about tea around the world. I think they could have cut a bunch of stuff and made it more readable, but if their goal was an overall encyclopedia of tea, they got it. Beautiful book. Small audience; for bigger public libraries.

[Gayle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of those books with huge, glossy photos that we all love. It was very relaxing to see all the photos and dream of going to all of the regions to sample wonderful cups of tea. The layout is easy to read and the detailed information is amazing.

[Linda Fast · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very interesting book about tea, where and how it is grown with photos. Tea companies are also listed with a write up. If anyone is interested in tea, this is the book to own.