Tasting Qualities, 5: The Past and Future of Tea David Alan Black Set in the 20th century

Set in the 20th century after the First World War

Beginning with contentment in merely earthly things

and The House of the Soul

They have total contempt for you

and an independence in the choice of details which brings out more clearly than ever Miss Jewell's strong individuality

Tasting Qualities, 5: The Past and Future of Tea David Alan Black Set in the 20th centuryWhat is the role of quality in contemporary capitalism? How is a product as ordinary as a bag of tea judged for its quality? In her innovative study, Sarah Besky addresses these questions by going inside an Indian auction house where experts taste and appraise mass market black tea, one of the world's most recognized commodities. Pairing rich historical data with ethnographic research among agronomists, professional tea tasters and traders, and tea