I have just received a new book that should be of wide interest: "The
True Story of Tea" by Victor H. Mair & Erling Hoh, published by Thames
and Hudson, ISBN 978 0500251461 It covers the whole history of tea in
280 pages, economical on photos so high on content, it even mentions
Korea 7 times and quotes me once, so I cannot complain. I have yet to
read more than snippets, I can say that it is clearly designed for the
"general reader" and since the main author is a Professor of Chinese
Language and Literature, it is very well documented and covers all the
main tea-drinking places and besides . . .

Br Anthony