The True History of Tea

Prologue: Tea : leaf of awareness --
A botanical excursion : the rivals of tea --
The heartstrings of national pride : Southeast Asia and the origins of tea --
A slave of yoghurt : tea in the 1st to 6th centuries --
Go have some tea! : the Tang dynasty --
Cloudy feet in a hare\'s fur cup : the Song dynasty --
Buying peace with the celestial beverage : the tea and horse trade --
The taste of zen is tea : Japan in the 12th to 15th centuries --
Sen Rikyū the tea master : the perfection of the Japanese tea ceremony --
Han Xin counts the soldiers : tea in the Ming and Qing --
How the Dalai Lama got his name : brick tea in Tibet and Mongolia --
We invented the samovar! : the Russian caravan tea trade --
Conquering new lands : the Islamic world of tea --
Approved by physicians : the advent of tea in Europe --
The progress of this famous plant : tea and the opium wars --
A master teapot maker\'s midnight ride : tea in America --
Finest tippy golden flowery orange pekoe : India and Ceylon in the 19th century --
The heyday of the clipper ships : British tea --
Vignettes from the global village : tea in our time --
Appendix A: The autobiography of instructor Lu --
Appendix B: A debate between tea and beer --
Appendix C: A genealogy of words for tea.