The Meaning of Tea reveals timeless insights into the health and lifestyle benefits of the 5,000 year-old tea drinking tradition through interviews with tea lovers, tea growers, tea tasters and tea experts from more than eight countries. An exploration of the history, health benefits, rituals, spirituality and simple pure enjoyment of tea, culled from more than 50 conversations with tea pickers and plantation owners, street sellers, traders, teapot makers, and eloquent tea scholarsâ¿¿from India to Ireland and Taiwan to Tea, South Dakota. Readers learn about how tea brings peace, calm, health, friendship, and often wisdom into their lives.