Travel & Humanitarian Photos
There simply have not been enough tea-related posts on this blog of late!
One of my long-term goals is to compile a book about tea. I have in mind a series of photos that follow the tea making process from the green slopes of northern India and China to the tea-drinking establishments of London, Harrogate and New York. You may wonder why Harrogate is included, it’s simply because the genteel tea rooms of upper-class Harrogate seem to epitomise the ultimate, English, tea-drinking establishment to me.
With the early chapters filled with colourful photographs of Darjeeling and Assam, the later chapters will feature places like The Adore in New York. The wonderful Tea Muse web site introduces The Adore by describing its range of available teas:
“The tea menu is enough to make any tea lover’s heart skip a beat. It is impressive in that it is both wide and deep in focus. It includes 11 decadent aromatized teas, which are a noted French specialty. (The sweetest of the aromatized teas, a black tea with hibiscus and mallow blossoms, is rather appropriately named ‘Eros.’) There are five (yes, really, five) variations on the classic Earl Grey, the simple fact of which begs for a tasting session“
Two interesting things I learned whilst writing this post. Firstly, tea is commercially cultivated in Tregothnan in Cornwall, which is a surprise to me. Secondly, the author of the Tea Muse review is a lady called Lindsey Goodwin who is a “freelance tea consultant”. What a title! And Lindsey offers Tea Tours of New York City. I’m booking a place today!
Hi Gavin!
Moi aussi! C’est tres bien, oui?
Just stumbled across this post and thought I’d say hello. Glad you enjoyed my article! You can read more of my work on veetea.com and worldteanews.com. Also, I thought you’d want to know that I decided to let my tour guide license lapse, so I don’t offer tea tours anymore, but I DO offer tea classes. Once again, more info on my site.
You book sounds very exciting! Elin Headrick (also a WTN writer) is working on a similar project, but with more of a U.S. tearoom focus. Her website is teafolio.com. Like many tea writers, I am also interested in pairing up with a photographer to do a book at some point. I’d love to hear about your progress!
Best wishes,
~Lindsey