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Title: Puer Tea Condition: New Subtitle: Ancient Caravans and Urban Chic ISBN-10: 0295993235 EAN: 9780295993232 ISBN: 9780295993232 Publisher: University of Washington Press Format: Paperback Type: Paperback Release Date: 01/12/2013 Description: Puer tea has been grown for centuries in the “Six Great Tea Mountains” of Yunnan Province, and in imperial China it was a prized commodity, traded to Tibet by horse or mule caravan via the so-called Tea Horse Road and presented as tribute to the emperor in Beijing. In the 1990s, as the tea’s noble lineage and unique process of aging and fermentation were rediscovered, it achieved cult status both in China and internationally. The tea became a favorite among urban connoisseurs who analyzed it in language comparable to that used in wine appreciation and paid skyrocketing prices. In 2007, however, local events and the international economic crisis caused the Puer market to collapse.
Puer Tea traces the rise, climax, and crash of this phenomenon. With ethnographic attention to the spaces in which Puer tea is harvested, processed, traded, and consumed, anthropologist Jinghong Zhang constructs a vivid account of the transformation of a cottage handicraft into a major industry—with predictable risks and unexpected consequences.
Watch the associated videos at https://archive.org/details/PUERTEADVD1. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 229mm Item Length: 152mm Item Weight: 386g Author: Jinghong Zhang Contributor: K. Sivaramakrishnan (Series edited by) Genre: Food & Drink Book Series: Puer Tea Topic: Society & Culture, Social Sciences Release Year: 2013
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