For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World’s Favorite Drink and Changed History
by Sarah Rose


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The Teahouse Fire

by Ellis Avery

When Uncle Charles decides to commence missionary work in Japan, his niece Aurelia is taken along, leaving her dying mother back home in New York City. Aurelia soon runs away, even though she is unable to speak Japanese and knows little of the culture, and soon joins the household of a tea ceremony master as a servant ( Read more... )

So I a reader that munches.  Nothing makes me happier in the winter than curling up with a good book, on the heating vent with a blanket, a plate of cookies or grapes and hot tea within arm's reach.  ( I may have mentioned this before.) 

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