Tea

Gascoyne, François Marchand, Jasmin Desharnais, and Hugo Americi—professional tea tasters and owners of Camellia Sinensis Tea House in Montreal—have distilled their experience exploring where tea is grown, sold, and consumed into a beautifully illustrated resource. This global survey of the industry, history, and consumption of tea is divided into four parts covering cultivation, terroir (the land where tea is grown), preparation and culinary influences, and, briefly, the health benefits of tea. Fifteen recipes for teas and food accompany the text; while recipes for Mint Tea and Tomato Coulis with Sencha are simple, several are beyond what the average home cook would attempt to prepare, such as Creamy Goat Milk, Matcha and White Chocolate Balls with Marjoram Macaroons as well as Scallop Carpaccio with Marinated Celery and Shiitake Mushrooms in a Chinese White Tea Broth.