The Little Tea Book: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Little Tea Book, credited to Arthur Gray, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Little Tea Book by Arthur Gray. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. After all, tea is the drink! Domestically and socially it is the beverage of the world. There may be those who will come forward with their figures to prove that other fruits of the soil—agriculturally and commercially—are more important. Perhaps they are right when quoting statistics. But what other product can compare with tea in the high regard in which it has always been held by writers whose standing in literature, and recognized good taste in other walks, cannot be questioned? (From the Preface) A Little Tea Book is a clever book about all things tea- Eastern and Western tea history, stories, culture, quotes, and even poetry. A good little read for tea lovers everywhere. (Summary by Mary Kay)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Little Tea Book
• Author credits: Arthur Gray
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 1:41:23

Catalogue topics

• culture
• Japan
• India
• china
• British
• japanese culture
• tea
• chinese culture

Track guide

1. 00 - Introducing The Little Tea Book — 2:51
2. 01 - The Origin of Tea — 2:11
3. 02 - Tea — 1:33
4. 03 - Little Cups of Chinese and Japanese Tea — 5:39
5. 04 - On Tea — 1:27
6. 05 - Some English Tea History — 12:28
7. 06 - O Tea! — 1:39
8. 07 - Tea Terms — 2:47
9. 08 - Tea Leaves — 11:31
10. 09 - Wit, Wisdom, and Humor of Tea - Fate — 4:39
11. 10 - Tea Making and Taking in Japan and China — 14:07
12. 11 - Tea-drinking in Other Lands — 8:35
13. 12 - The Tea-Table (Part I) — 4:13
14. 13 - Ladies, Literature, and Tea — 7:01
15. 14 - On Our English Poetry and This Poem Upon Tea — 2:06
16. 15 - To The Author on His Poem Upon Tea — 1:28
17. 16 - The Introduction — 4:41
18. 17 - The Tea-Table (Part II) — 2:20
19. 18 - Dr. Johnson's Affinity - Earliest Mention of Tea - Australian Tea — 3:14
20. 19 - Five O'Clock Tea - Tea in Ladies' Novels — 2:23
21. 20 - Sydney Smith - Dr. Johnson Again — 2:04
22. 21 - A Cup of Tea — 2:25

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