Part of Reaktion's Edible series. Be warned, this is very brief. It does its best, but the point of the series is to give an introduction to the history of a food item in 150 pages or so. If that's all you want or need, or if you've read other, more in depth books about tea, you'll probably enjoy this one. It's nicely written and illustrated. But if you've never read a history of tea, or if you want more information, you may find this one frustrating.