Tea Art of China contains information on tea legends, tea ceremonies, tea growing regions, tea tourism, tea selection, and brewing all varieties of tea. Yin Na also shares from her personal experience with tea, and how the tea ceremony helped her find her more beautiful self.
Yin Na is a leading tea expert in China. She grew up in the tea-rich land of Chongqing, and is certified at the highest-level of Tea Art Specialist. It is Yin Na’s wish to share her knowledge and love for tea with the world. In her book Tea Art of China, Yin Na illuminates the traditional culture of tea in China, and gives practical advise on selecting, brewing, and enjoying the perfect cup of tea. The paperback edition is 130 pages with color photos.
Tea Art of China Paperback Book
Tea Art of China
By Yin Na
Reading with a cup beside you
A practical way to enjoy a book about tea is to pair a passage with a small tasting session. Begin with a tea you already know. Read its preparation guidance, make a cup, and note one change you would like to try next time. This keeps the reading connected to your own experience rather than turning it into a list of rules to memorise.
The subjects named in the introduction above offer several routes through the book. A reader interested in place can keep a simple map of the growing regions encountered. Someone drawn to ceremony can notice how preparing, serving and sharing a cup changes the pace of a gathering. For brewing, a notebook containing leaf weight, water volume and steeping time makes your experiments easier to repeat.
Give stories and practical instructions different kinds of attention. A legend can illuminate the associations surrounding a tea without needing to function as a production record. A brewing suggestion, meanwhile, can be tried and adjusted to suit the leaves and teaware available to you.
The aim is to build familiarity: recognise a few teas, learn how they respond in the cup, and return to the writing with new questions. A thoughtful cup can make a short passage memorable, while a good passage can suggest something you had not noticed in a familiar tea.