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Chinese Studies -- Chinese Tea & Tea Culture: Tea in China

Bibliography on history of tea and tea culture, and tea trade in China

History

Evans, John C. Tea in China: the history of China's national drink. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992. Hamilton Asia, GT2907.C6 E93 1992

Liu, Zhaorui. Zhongguo gu dai yin cha yi shu. Xi'an: Shaanxi ren min chu ban she, 1987. [刘昭瑞. 中國古代飮茶艺术. 西安: 陕西人民出版社, 1987.] East GT2907.C6 L57 1987

Peltier, Warren V. The ancient art of tea : discover happiness and contentment in a perfect cup of teaTokyo ; Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Pub., c2011. 

Fan, Zengping. Cha ye xiao shi. Taibei: Wan juan lou tu shu you xian gong si, 2000. [范增平. 茶葉小史. 台北: 萬卷樓圖書有限公司, 2000.]  Hamilton East, GT2907.C6 F4649 2000

Fortune, Robert. Two Visits to the Tea Countries of China and the British Tea Plantations in the Himalaya; with a Narrative of Adventures, and a Full Description of the Culture of the Tea Plant, the Agriculture, Horticulture, and Botany of China. 3d ed. London: J. Murray, 1853. Asia Closed DS709.F77

Liao, Jianzhi. Ming dai cha jiu wen hua zhi yan jiu. Taibei Shi: Wan juan lou tu shu gu fen you xian gong si, 2005. [廖建智. 明代茶酒文化之研究. 台北市: 萬卷樓圖書股份有限公司, 2005.]  Hamilton East, GT2907.C6 L53 2005

Shen, Dongmei. Cha yu Song dai she hui sheng huo. Beijing: Zhongguo she hui ke xue chu ban she, 2007. [沈冬梅. 茶与宋代社会生活. 北京: 中国社会科学出版社, 2007.]  Hamilton East, GT2907.C6 S46 2007

Wang, Jian. All the tea in China: history, methods and musings. New York: Better Link Press, 2013.  Hamilton Asia, GT2907.C6 W36 2013 

Zheng, Guojian ed. Zhongguo cha shi : hao han cha hai zhong xie qu ji shu lang hua. Beijing : Zhongguo qing gong ye chu ban she, 2016. [郑国建主编. 中国茶事: 浩瀚茶海中撷取几束浪花. 北京 : 中国轻工业出版社, 2016.] East GT2907.C6 Z4665 2016

Zhu, Zizhen. Cha shi chu tan. Beijing: Zhongguo nong ye chu ban she, 1996. [朱自振. 茶史初探. 北京: 中国农业出版社, 1996.]  Hamilton East, GT2907 .C6 C4758 1996

Varieties of Chinese Tea

Ball, Samuel. An Account of the Cultivation and Manufacture of Tea in China. Modern Chinese Economy. New York: Garland Pub., 1980. Hilo General Collection SB272.C5 B34 1980

Wu, Yuanzhi. Tasting Taetea Pu'er tea = Da yi Pu'er cha pin jian [大益普洱茶品鉴] Beijing : Foreign Languages Press, 2014. Asia TP650.W78 2014