Are you more white tea or blue tea? In this beautiful book, Arlette Rohmer, founder of the Alsatian company “Les Jardins de Gaïa”, which has sold high -end organic and equitable teas for thirty years, shares its trips in the most beautiful “gardens (plantations) of the planet, mostly in Asia.
The most beautiful tea terroirs
From Sri Lanka, whose black beverage has long been considered the best tea in the world, in China, where tea was born 2800 years ago and of which it is the national drink, via Taiwan, Japan and the Indian mountains of Darjeeling: at each stage, the specialist tells the tradition of tea, and takes the reader to meet producers, cooperatives, miscellaneous…
China seen from the sky by the Geo community
A drink of infinite wealth
Over the pages, we discover a whole world of committed enthusiasts, desired teas (like tea with the Lotus of Vietnam, of which only 100 to 200 kilos per year), sophisticated methods, refined ceremonies. Illustrated by the photographs of Alexandre Sattler, the book reminds us that, like wine, tea is a drink of infinite wealth, with its history, its terroirs, its rituals and its great vintages.
-Tea, earth and men, Arlette Rohmer and Alexandre Sattler, La Martinière editions, 160 pages, 30 euros.
Article published in the magazine GEO EXPERSIE N ° 126“La Dolce Vita in Italy”, from April-May 2025.
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