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Tea, Its Mystery and History

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Tea, Its Mystery and History

Samuel Phillips Day and Lo Fong Loh

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A journal extract from Lo Fong Loh opens Samuel Day's tour of tea, from the plant's legendary origin to its arrival and appreciation in England. Mystery and history in equal measure, told at teatime length. A Victorian introduction to the leaf that changed British afternoons forever. Steep yourself in the story.

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16 chapters

  1. 1TEA ITS MYSTERY AND HISTORY.
  2. 2CONTENTS.
  3. 3NOTES ON THE CHINESE LANGUAGE.
  4. 4EXTRACT FROM Mr. LO FONG LOH’S JOURNAL.
  5. 5TEA ITS MYSTERY AND HISTORY.
  6. 6CHAPTER I. LEGENDARY ORIGIN OF THE PLANT.
  7. 7CHAPTER II. INTRODUCTION OF TEA INTO ENGLAND.
  8. 8CHAPTER III. APPRECIATION OF THE LEAF.
  9. 9CHAPTER IV. THE PLANT BOTANICALLY CONSIDERED.
  10. 10CHAPTER V. HISTORY OF THE TEA TRADE.
  11. 11CHAPTER VI. THE COLOURING OF THE LEAF.
  12. 12CHAPTER VII. SOCIAL CHARACTER OF THE BEVERAGE.
  13. 13CHAPTER VIII. THE “DRINK OF HEALTH.”
  14. 14CHAPTER IX. THE VIRTUES OF THE LEAF.
  15. 15CHAPTER X. A CUP OF TEA.
  16. 16Transcriber’s Notes
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