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Liquid Jade: The Story of Tea from East to WestTraveling from East to West over thousands of years, tea has played a variety of roles on the world scene in medicine, politics, the arts, culture, and religion. Behind this most serene of beverages, idolized by poets and revered in spiritual practices, lie stories of treachery, violence, smuggling, drug trade, international espionage, slavery, and revolution. "Liquid Jade"'s rich narrative history explores tea in all its social and cultural aspects.
Traveling from East to West over thousands of years, tea has played a variety of roles on the world scene - in medicine, politics, the arts, culture, and religion. Behind this most serene of beverages, idolized by poets and revered in spiritual practices, lie stories of treachery, violence, smuggling, drug trade, international espionage, slavery, and revolution."Liquid Jade"'s rich narrative history explores tea in all its social and cultural aspects. Entertaining yet informative and extensively researched, "Liquid Jade" tells the story of western greed and eastern bliss. China first used tea as a remedy. Taoists celebrated tea as the elixir of immortality. Buddhist Japan developed a whole body of practices around tea as a spiritual path. Then came the traumatic encounter of the refined Eastern cultures with the first Western merchants, the trade wars, the emergence of the ubiquitous English East India Company. Scottish spies crisscrossed China to steal the secrets of tea production. An army of smugglers made fortunes with tea deliveries in the dead of night. In the name of "free trade" the English imported opium to China in exchange for tea. The exploding tea industry in the eighteenth century reinforced the practice of slavery in the sugar plantations. And one of the reasons why tea became popular in the first place is that it helped sober up the English, who were virtually drowning in alcohol. During the nineteenth century, the massive consumption of tea in England also led to the development of the large tea plantation system in colonial India - a story of success for British Empire tea and of untold misery for generations of tea workers.
"Liquid Jade" also depicts tea's beauty and delights, not only with myths about the beginnings of tea or the lovers' legend in the familiar blue-and-white porcelain willow pattern, but also with a rich and varied selection of works of art and historical photographs, which form a rare and comprehensive visual tea record. The book includes engaging and lesser-known topics, including the exclusion of women from seventeenth-century tea houses or the importance of water for tea, and answers such questions as: "What does a tea taster do?" "How much caffeine is there in tea?" "What is fair trade tea?" and "What is the difference between black, red, yellow, green, or white tea?"
Connecting past and present and spanning five thousand years, Beatrice Hohenegger's captivating and multilayered account of tea will enhance the experience of a steaming "cuppa" for tea lovers the world over.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 01/01/2007
ISBN: 9780312333294
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.75d
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★★★★★ 1
Don’t waste your money.
These are horrible tasting …not even able to keep it in my mouth. Four people, including myself, tried them and everyone spit it out immediately. Don’t waste your money.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Wow. Explosion of froth and mouthwash in one little tablet.
Flavor Name: 2-Bottle Green Tea
I love these for travel, and put some in a tiny container in my purse, too. You just have to spit it out - no rinse necessary. I might try a different flavor than the green tea. Don't love it, but do love the product.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Really good book, easy and clear!
Format: Kindle
Oh, we've all heard of manifestation. Frankly, as an older guy and a retired Marine, I kinda cringe when I hear the word. "Something sissies would say," I'd think. Not that I'm a garage guy or anything. I just believe in faith and hard work! But, I decided to explore this book and was quite humored that manifestation is pretty much a compendium of concepts familiar to me since all I know are founded on The Bible and The Marine Officer's Guidebook. Wink. But seriously, I do believe in Universal Laws that Apply Universally, and manifestation, as portrayed in this book, is pretty much about that. The author does reference principles found in Christianity and Hinduism, for instance. But also physics and psychology. Practices such as visualization, gratitude and love (law of vibration, love that). So good. I'm going to get this book for my kids, since I can't get them to read the Bible, perhaps they'll read this! Seriously, it's a great complement to God's principles and not nearly so hard to mine. ; )
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Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2024
★★★★★ 5
Informative and Effective!
Format: Kindle
I’ve practiced the art of manifestation a few times, and it’s something I want to use more in my day-to-day life, so this book was the perfect introduction and deep dive into what it truly is. This is a comprehensive and helpful guide to manifestation—an amazing first step to improving your life and building one of prosperity, happiness, and whatever you desire. Manifestation can seem intimidating, but this book simplifies the act of it and the methods needed to turn your desires into reality. In this book, you'll find all of the steps and advice needed to change your life through manifestation, but it is us, the readers, who now need to use these steps and methods to change and better our lives. I highly enjoyed and recommend this read to anyone, honestly, as manifestation is something I think we can all use in our lives!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2024
★★★★★ 4
Practical Roadmap to Your Dreams
Format: Kindle
Ingrid Clarke has written a thorough and well-sequenced book to open up our minds to this transformational process.
This is a step-by-step guide, via the seven pillars, to bringing dreams into reality - a popular topic. It’s a reminder that we often miss out on certain of these steps and fall short of achieving our dreams - sometimes blaming the methodology rather than ourselves for the shortfall!
I liked that processes were shown to help maintain a high vibration, to better put the steps into practice, and that ‘there is a powerful energy already inherent in you.’
With the first three pillars in place, the intention, visualization, and affirmation work flowed well, with examples to guide the reader. The puzzle pieces were brought together so that an overall view of the method could be clearly seen. I would recommend the book.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2024
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