Infused: Adventures in Tea
By Henrietta Lovell
Faber & Faber, 2019
I adore this book. Henrietta Lovell's Infused: Adventures in Tea, which came out earlier this year, is supremely entertaining - and all the more so for a tea lover like myself. I have not enjoyed a tea book this much since I read Helen Gustafson's The Agony of the Leaves: The Ecstasy of My Life with Tea around twenty years ago. Lovell's book is part memoir, part travel story, and part primer on the world of tea. For me, this book was a page turner that I devoured from cover to cover.
If you love this book as much as I do, you may want to listen to some recent podcast interviews with Henrietta Lovell. I found the podcasts listed here to be engaging, each giving more insight into the life and personality of this author.
My next step is to order some of the teas mentioned in Lovell's book. I believe my first purchase will be the Infused gift set which includes six of the tea discussed in the book along with a copy of the book itself. I want to support Lovell's company, The Rare Tea Company, with my purchase not only because I trust in the quality of the teas she makes available, but also because her choice of teas supports farmers who use sustainable growing methods. In my mind, this is a win-win.
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