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Spacer Blank Image A Beginner's Guide to Tea on the Web

Table of Contents [TOC]

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1.

Introduction

2.

Tea Basics - General Information
a. Tea 101 - Required Reading
b. How to Brew Tea
c. Teaware
d. Varieties of Tea
e. Vocabulary, Dictionaries, and Glossaries

3.

Where to Buy Tea
a. Vendors
b. Places to "Take Tea" [USA]

4.

The Cultural Side of Tea
a. History of Tea
b. Tea in Art
c. Tea Museums
d. Tea Customs and Traditions

5.

Tea and Health, Tea and Science

6.

Tea Magazines, Articles, and Web Sites
a. Magazines
b. Lists of Links Containing Articles
c. General Interest Articles and Sites
d. Taiwan Related Articles

7.

Pages of Tea Links

8.

Bulletin Boards and Mailing Lists

9.

Tea Travel [Outside the USA]
a. General Resources
b. Greater China
c. Japan
d. Indian Sub-continent
e. England and Europe 
f. Tea Tours
10.  The Business of Tea
a. Market and Industry Information
b. Tea Boards

11.

Themes
a. Aug.1998:  Tasseography  - The Art of Reading Tea Leaves
b. Coming soon: Tea in Japanese Woodblock Prints [Ukiyo-e]

12.

Updates

13.

Awards

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This site is updated regularly [most recently 11/14/98].  If you have a site you want to contribute, want to suggest a new topic, or just want to talk about tea, please e-mail me [wazee17th@aol.com].  

I hope you enjoy what's here so far, and check back often.  With the increasing popularity of both tea and the internet, there's always something new to explore!

I am grateful for the recognition others have given this page. Please see my Awards page.  

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