Tea: a Nerd's Eye View

This bookrevised and expanded October 2020is for all of you who love tea and want understand more about your go-to beverage: more about how and why green, yellow, white, oolong, black, and pu-erh tea all come from the same plant, Camellia sinensis. In it youll discover how tea grower, tea maker, and the leaf itself all work together to develop your favorite teas flavors. Youll find out why some of the best teas are grown on hillsides; why most (but not all!) of the highest quality teas are made from downy budsand what downy buds really are; why water, brewing time and temperature, and even the cup you choose matter to the flavors of your tea. On the way, you'll learn how your nose, mouth, and brain experience teas flavors, how the plants evolutionary history made it the flavor factory we enjoy today, and even why we call it tea.Virginia Utermohlen Lovelace MD is a physician-scientist and avowed tea nerd. As a reviewer noted of her first book, Three Basic Teas & How to Enjoy Them: There are plenty of wonderful books on tea, its terroir, origin, rituals and preparation, but, so far, this is the only book on the sensory enjoyment of tea AND the science behind itIf you have a love of sensory experiences and want to understand a bit more of the wonders of flavor, this book is for you. You dont need a vast background in tea or science to enjoy this book. Your tastebuds and your brain will thank you.Tea: a Nerds Eye View expands the range of Three Basic Teas & How to Enjoy Them to include all five types of teagoing beyond lists of teas and tasting notes to bring you the tools you need to choose and brew teas with the flavors you enjoy.