Category: Book Reviews

Nowadays, most of the practitioners of the Japanese tea ceremony are women. But for a very long time it was a cultural activity dominated by men. Through this book...

I learned about this book from the author himself, Tyas Sōsen of The Tea Crane. I follow him on Facebook. Without thinking it twice, I bought it in order...

The original title of this book is ゼロから分かる！日本茶の楽しみ方. It’s written by Oscar Brekell. I wanted to read his three books. This was the one I was missing. It’s only...

After reading the first book from Oscar Brekell, I was eager to read his other two books. I managed to get my hands on his latest book, published on...

This book is fairly new, it was published on August of 2018. The photography is excellent because one of the authors, Michael Freeman, is a professional photographer. Timothy d’Offay,...

I’m a big fan of Oscar Brekell. He is a tea celebrity in Japan, to a degree that is unheard of in the Western world. Oscar has written three...

While writing the post about Baisao, the “old tea seller”, I learned of this book. Because Baisao was such an interesting and influential person, I bought the book on...

I bought this book at the World Tea Expo. Jane Pettigrew had her own booth where she was promoting her book. This is the biggest and heaviest tea book...

This book was recommended to me by Lochan of Jun Chiyabari. The complete title of the book is Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion: The Creation of the Soul of...

This book’s author, Simona Zavadckyte, works at the international department of Obubu Tea Farms. She has years of experience with tea in Japan because of her work, and also...

Culinary Tea, by Cynthia Gold and Lisë Stern, had been on my wish list for a long time. While I’m not very active in the kitchen, I do try...

After attending the seminar of Fred Yoo about Korean tea at the World Tea Expo, I couldn’t resist buying his book. I know next to nothing about the subject,...