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pickI already loved tea, but now have a whole new level of appreciation. Lovell‘s passion is infectious! I started this back in December and it turned out to be ideal for dipping in and out of during the cold winter months. Very cozy and comforting. I‘d recommend this not only to my fellow tea lovers, but to anyone who enjoys travel &/or food writing.
“Together we huddled around warm cups of rescue and comfort…It made me think of the wagons bringing tea to bombed-out cities in the Second World War. If I ever have fortunes to blow, I‘d like to take tea to refugee camps. I‘d like to have a tea disaster-recovery unit, with special planes and equipment so we could be there, on the scene, giving out tea. Proper tea to make the heart glad, so that all is not lost when all seems lost.”
Lovely idea.
Starting this beauty today with a nice cup of oolong.
My tea cozy. Keeps the pot nice and hot! Really looking forward to tagged memoir. Might try to get to it in December.
#OminousOctober #Cozy
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pick9 years ago, I clutched my tea mug for hours after getting a frantic early morning call from my brother on the east coast: our dad was being rushed to the ER after suffering a heart attack and his prognosis was not good. I cried and I waited and I drank tea. I‘ve always loved tea, but it has held a special place in my heart since that fateful morning.
Read this beautiful ode to tea if you: ⬇️
pickThree stars for the writing and an extra half-star for the recipes.
pickAs a tea lover, I was intrigued by this book. The author, a true tea lady, is highly knowledgeable about tea. She travels the world searching for the perfect tea leaves and talks in depth about the farms she visits. She shares recipes for her favorite drinks. The author talks about her personal life and struggles she endured with cancer. She narrates the audiobook and it‘s excellent! Her voice is so calming and conveys her passion for tea.
Happy Diwali, y‘all! ✨🪔✨
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pickYou need a good cup of tea while reading this book! It was so delightful and non fiction semi-bio is not usually my jam. There was a little history on tea, British blending and how to dry the different types of tea. She awakened tea life in me when it's been dormant for a bit and now I want to go spend my money on some really good loose leaf!
(My loose leaf dealer - Gong Fu Tea in Des Moines, IA)
#tea #looseleaftea #green #steam
I burned through half of this audiobook today and I‘ll probably finish it tomorrow. Phew, such wonderful tea descriptions. Definitely going to purchase some of the teas mentioned when I finish.
Has anyone tried her teas? Are they as good as they sound? I am so tempted by her descriptions.
pickI love travel writing and the short descriptive chapters in this are like mini getaways. This is a must read for tea lovers too, as Lovell‘s passion for her craft shines.
pickI constantly wanted to be drinking tea while reading Henrietta Lovell‘s memoir / globetrotting travelogue. She is eloquent on the subject of her passion. She is also candid about her health challenges—battling cancer after divorce. Some sleepless nights, she‘s “a shivering weed in an abandoned asphalt tennis court.” I learned from Lovell to use slightly cooler water on my tea leaves and to shorten the steeping. Best morning tea now.
In 18th-century London, tea was known as scandal water.
[Samuel Johnson]: “tea is a liquor not proper for the lower classes of the people, as it supplies no strength to labour, or relief to disease, but gratifies the taste without nourishing the body.”
I could single out the rooibos, knowing that scent so particularly. It was like the violins soaring in a full orchestra of smell.
Currently reading:
I‘m loving this book, so far! 💚
Currently brewing:
Jasmine Silver Tip (Silver Needle) white tea. 🍵
Sometimes there‘s a day of book mail that‘s just more gorgeous than other days. Today is one of those days. Free Ozzie paw doing the Vanna White thing.
so-soAlso in January, I've traveled with Henrietta Lovell, discovering tea farmers from all around the world.
While I enjoyed her passion for tea, it was sometimes overwhelming with information, and I wish it was organized chronologically or thematically.
I really liked the little recipes she gives along the book to prepare some of the teas, or to prepare tea cocktails ;)
Congratulations on your milestone, @Librarybelle ! And thanks for the opportunity to enter your #200KGiveaway. The tagged book is the most recent one that I added to my TBR because I am a huge tea lover!
