This handy guide gives you all the information you need to choose and buy tea in China with confidencce．One in a series Of four titles．it explains clearly and simply what to look for， where and how to shop in China，and questions you should ask．Great tips，price guides and cautionary advice ensure that you get the best value for your money．

Why Chinese Tea?

 Turn a Leaf

 In the Beginning -- The Holy Farmer

 Costly Medicine

 A Scholarly Beverage

 Drink of the Gods

 Tea Culture Comes of Age

 Tea Olympics

 Invasion and Adaptation -- Tea Institutionalized

 Tea Comes West

 The Teahouse

 Coffee or Tea?

 A Cure for Life

 Old is New Again

 Tea-Mind-Body Connection

Categories of Tea

 Green Is Gold

 Black Power

 Nothing Wrong with Wulong

 White Makes Right

 Table Talk

 Tea Cultivation

 Tea Producing Areas

 One Plant, Sixty-Two Leaves, Ten Thousand

 Days' Pleasure

Sharp Eyes

 Green Teas

 Black Teas

 Wulong

 White Teas

 Red Teas

 A Word on Un-Teas

 Cupping, or How to Sound Like an Authority

Tea Ceremony & Teasets

 Tea Ceremony

 Old Tea Ceremony

 The Chinese Wedding Tea Ceremony

 Choosing Tea and Water

 Basics

 The Tea Set

 Seven Habits of Highly Successful

 Tea Ceremonies

 Food Pairing

Shopping Spots

 Shopping for Tea, Stopping for Tea

 Making the Most of It: A Visit to Maliandao

 A Modern Tea Market

 A Royal Tea Garden

 Tea Pictures

 A Lady's Business

 Eleven Trustworthy Teashops

 The Next Big Market

 The Granddaddy of Them All

 If Time Is an Issue

 Index: China Tea Markets and Teahouses

Appendix

 A Little Mandarin Never Hurt Anyone

 Watch Your Tone

 At the Teahouse

 At the Tea Market

 20 Essential Tea Words and Phrases