This handy guide gives you all the information you need to choose and buy tea in China with confidencce．One in a series Of four titles．it explains clearly and simply what to look for， where and how to shop in China，and questions you should ask．Great tips，price guides and cautionary advice ensure that you get the best value for your money．

Why Chinese Tea?
Turn a Leaf
In the Beginning -- The Holy Farmer
Costly Medicine
A Scholarly Beverage
Drink of the Gods
Tea Culture Comes of Age
Tea Olympics
Invasion and Adaptation -- Tea Institutionalized
Tea Comes West
The Teahouse
Coffee or Tea?
A Cure for Life
Old is New Again
Tea-Mind-Body Connection

Categories of Tea
Green Is Gold
Black Power
Nothing Wrong with Wulong
White Makes Right
Table Talk
Tea Cultivation
Tea Producing Areas
One Plant, Sixty-Two Leaves, Ten Thousand
Days' Pleasure

Sharp Eyes
Green Teas
Black Teas
Wulong
White Teas
Red Teas
A Word on Un-Teas
Cupping, or How to Sound Like an Authority

Tea Ceremony & Teasets
Tea Ceremony
Old Tea Ceremony
The Chinese Wedding Tea Ceremony
Choosing Tea and Water
Basics
The Tea Set
Seven Habits of Highly Successful
Tea Ceremonies
Food Pairing

Shopping Spots
Shopping for Tea, Stopping for Tea
Making the Most of It: A Visit to Maliandao
A Modern Tea Market
A Royal Tea Garden
Tea Pictures
A Lady's Business
Eleven Trustworthy Teashops
The Next Big Market
The Granddaddy of Them All
If Time Is an Issue
Index: China Tea Markets and Teahouses

Appendix
A Little Mandarin Never Hurt Anyone
Watch Your Tone
At the Teahouse
At the Tea Market
20 Essential Tea Words and Phrases