Liquid Jade

“[A] lively, exhaustive survey of the history and politics of tea . . . from ancient Asia to 15th century Europe to present day.” — Publishers Weekly Traveling from East to West over thousands of years, tea has played a variety of roles on the world scene. Behind this most serene of beverages, idolized by poets and revered in spiritual practices, lie stories of treachery, violence, smuggling, drug trade, international espionage, slavery, and revolution. China first used tea as a remedy. Taoists