Item Description : Taking tea provides calm beyond the commotion of the everyday world. This wonderful book The Art of Taking Tea is a great gift for your friends or all of your guests at the end of a party or special occasion. Needless to say you will engjoy all of the lavish details, tea rituals and the variety of tea salons around the world. This book also offers advise for tea paring flavorful teas with different types of food and suggestions for tea celebrations. What could be more soothing than a cup of tea? Whether enjoyed at a formal party or savored alone by the fire, taking tea never fails to provide a few moments of calm, refinment and grace. In these beautifully illustrated pages, you will look at the art of drinking tea and the many wonderful customs that accompany it. Trace the history of tea from China, its Land of origin, to England, where tea-drinking has become a way of life, as well as follow the odyssey of tea leaves from other faraway countries to your cup. Then delight in the drink's alluring accoutrements: gleaming silver tea services and fine china. Without ever leaving your comfortable chair, you can travel the world in search of the perfect cup of tea. Visit a sumptuous Parisian tea salon, a modern tea bar on Boston's Beacon Hill, and a sleek New York emporium where tea is served Japanese style. Teatime offers a chance to deepen old friendships and develop new ones. Here you will find many ideas for incorporating tea into a variety of gatherings and celebrations, from light summer picnic to an elegant winter party. Brew a pot of tea and relax. it's time to take pleasure in one of the most gratifying age-old customs. Book has 96 pages and measures 9 1/4" x 7 1/4" x 1/4".