Fortnum & Mason: Time for Tea: A 300-Year History and Afternoon Tea Recipe Book

ISBN: 0008387109

Author: Parker Bowles, Tom

Condition: New

Time for Tea is a celebration of Fortnum's passion for tea in its every form. Drawing on over 300 years of experience, you will find the history, geography, seasonality of tea - everything from leaf to cup - as well as 50 delicious recipes.Fortnum & Mason has nearly as much experience of selling tea as Britain has of drinking it - some three centuries worth, in fact, since the early eighteenth century.This fun and deeply authoritative guide whisks you through all the information you need to get the most out of your cuppa. It instructs on how to make the perfect brew or infusion and helps identify a wide range of teas to try that will suit different tastes whether for a single estate Darjeeling, a smoky or a delicate tea from China or a regular builders. It also explores which teas are best to kickstart the day, revive the spirits or soothe at evenings end. And now, enough of the talk, its Time for Tea.