The French art of tea
Mariage Frères, 2006
L’Art Français du Thé
104 pages
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🔽 Intro and review summary 🔽
✔ History and facts of tea and product catalogue
✔ Historical tea house in France
✔ French point of view on the value of tea
✔ Historical tea house in France
✔ French point of view on the value of tea
★★★☆☆ A bit of history, tradition and geography of tea. Interesting aspect from French to see what they value in tea. Then the rest is their catalogue with brief explanations. Full on Orientalism.
🔽 Book review and notes 🔽
Just a bit of history, tradition and geography of tea, which sometimes is incorrect (like, we use chunky steel pot for tea) but interesting aspect from French to see what they value in tea, that is, its colonial history and its fanciness. (Box of tea can be carried by native youths because the road is narrow and steep, etc.)
Full on Orientalism.
I do buy the tea but their selling point is the fanciness and Orientalism so maybe that’s just how it is.
Then the rest is their catalogue with brief explanations.
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