Tea Sommelier, a step-by-step guide

This book is available in French only.

Tea sommelier - Le thé en 160 leçons illustrées by François-Xavier Delmas and Mathias Minet

Over the past few years, tea has become hugely popular in France, in terms of both consumption and the interest it generates. Tea fans – newcomers and seasoned connoisseurs alike – are always looking to improve their knowledge.

This book tells you everything about tea in 160 illustrated lessons, arranged in chapters:

CHOOSING AND PREPARING TEA

DRINKING TEA

WHAT IS TEA?

PLANTATIONS OF THE WORLD

TYPES OF TEA

TEA AND FOOD PAIRINGS

TEA IN COOKING

BECOME A TEA SOMMELIER

This book offers a new approach that is highly informative yet straightforward, allowing readers to understand the world of tea, step by step. Every page is designed as a short freestanding illustrated lesson, each one dealing with a different subject.

Whether you have two minutes or an hour to spare, you will always learn something on opening this book. It is packed with useful information that is interesting, entertaining, specific and erudite, providing everything you need to become a tea sommelier – or almost.