Description:
Gary Robson has been collecting tea myths for years. In this book he has seven of these tales, retold in his own style, each one accompanied by a profile of the tea featured in the story. The stories span six countries and over 4,700 years.
Brief description: Gary Robson is a tea blogger and author in the booming metropolis of Red Lodge, Montana, population 2,300. His daughter currently runs their family-owned tea business. He has written thirty books, a half-dozen tech manuals, entries for two dictionaries, stories for anthologies, and hundreds of magazine, newspaper, and web articles.He started out in the technology world and became a vocal advocate of closed captioning on television for deaf and hard-of-hearing people. In his endless quest to figure out what he's going to be when he grows up, he has been granted three patents, teamed up with family members to start an electronics business and a software company; owned and operated a small newspaper, a bookstore, and a tea business; taught computer science; raised some cattle; done a little standup comedy; put on seminars all over the country; given a TEDx talk; and competed in rodeos. He's currently writing full-time. Luckily for him, Gary's wife and kids are good at smiling tolerantly and putting up with him.
Review Quotes:
Gary has a gift for making history come to life, and this book has become a fast favorite of mine. His tales span centuries and continents, and you'll find it hard to come up for air once you dive in. I'm relieved to see that this book is noted as Volume 1, because I can't wait to see what he'll write about next.
- Jen Piccotti, An International Tea Moment
"Storytelling at its best. ... This is a must read for those who have already heard the myths and know the legends. Gary creates a whole new take on what we already know and adds sophisticated wit and humor along the way."
- Jo Johnson, Scandalous Tea