Tasting Qualities: The Past and Future of Tea (Sarah Besky) Oranges at home in an American

at home in an American kitchen

very relatable

with recipes and instructions for professional bakers of the Victorian age

A fantastic book

Tasting Qualities: The Past and Future of Tea (Sarah Besky) Oranges at home in an AmericanWhat is the role of quality in contemporary capitalism? How is a product as ordinary as a bag of tea judged for its quality? In her innovative study, Sarah Besky addresses these questions by going inside an Indian auction house where experts taste and appraise mass market black tea, one of the worlds most recognized commodities. Pairing rich historical data with ethnographic research among agronomists, professional tea tasters and traders, and tea