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Steeped In
the World of Tea
edited by Sharon Bard, Birgit Nielsen, and
Clara Rosemarda, photography by Juliana
Spear
Spanning
the globe from Russia to Japan, from Kenya
to Palestine, from Germany to Sumatra, Steeped
is a literary anthology about the world's
most popular drink. This full-color, beautifully
illustrated collection celebrates the ancient
traditions of tea, and their place in the
modern world.
Here are
recipes for Moroccan mint tea, the perfect
Indian chai, Chinese fertility tea. And
just as conversation and stories go naturally
with a cup of tea, there are stories that
take you around the world: to Japan during
the Korean War, to a tea picnic on the roof
of the world in the Himalayas, to a Sumatran
jungle where POWs eat Danish cookies and
drink English tea over chess, to an American
kitchen where a Palestinian makes mint tea.
A quirky and moving selection of essays
and poems, Steeped does much more than evoke
that delicious, hot or cold, spicy or soothing,
dizzying or healing beverage. It is an intimate
invitation—Can I make you a cup of
tea?—writ large. Here, tea drinking
bridges the ethnic, continental, and temporal
divides of our rapidly changing world.
About the
Editors
Sharon Bard
produces documentaries for public radio
and holds graduate degrees in Romance languages
and in holistic health sciences.
Birgit Nielsen
is a writer and translator who has lived
in Berlin, Lon don, Northern and Southern
California, and now drinks tea in Portland,
Oregon. She is the author of a language
textbook and a book on California's culinary
culture and heritage.
Clara Rosemarda
is a counselor and writer who lives in Northern
California.
Reviews
"Alternately wise, quirky, funny,
sad, exotic, and refined, Steeped: In the
World of Tea unfurls like the leaves of
the tea plant. It reveals a cosmos of human
experience as it centers around the rituals
of gathering, making, and drinking tea.
If you think you know what tea is, think
again. In a world of caffeinnated stress,
this collection will give you a rich new
perspective on the joys of a cup of tea."
—Diana Abu-Jaber, author of Crescent
and Arabian Jazz
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