I found that this book contained much more information than I could use, as, living in the U.S. the information given on our packaging is very limited. We have no access to details such as date of harvest (we don't even get the year, let alone the season), location of harvest (we're lucky to have the country, let alone province), details (bud, bud and 1 leaf, etc.). I believe most of our teas are blends. I love tea, but am not sure I have any opportunity to be an enthusiast... ( )

Nice concise guide about various tea types and examples of each. I wish there were more examples of teas that can be found outside the country being discussed but this does give a great overview of each of the tea classes. ( )

Brilliant introduction to a complicated and multi-dimensional subject. I especially enjoyed the pages dedicated to individual teas and I reference them to make sure i have what i think and i'm brewing it correctly. Suffers from being too narrow in scope (ie. no discussion of Hawaiian tea groves). ( )