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(Note: This review is of the 2011 edition published by Frances Lincoln Limited, which includes forty color and forty-five black and white illustrations.)

Tea is not just a soothing, aromatic beverage - in Jane Austen's time it was a daily ritual, a social activity, an indication of status, and a literary device. Throughout Jane Austen's novels and the novels of her contemporaries there is great significance placed on the purchasing, serving, and drinking of tea - some of which might be missed by modern readers. In her charming and elegant book, Tea with Jane Austen, Kim Wilson meticulously examines the inclusion and influence of tea in Jane Austen's novels.

Tea with Jane Austen is divided into five chapters that discuss the different times, occasions, and locations to drink tea. For those of us who are not from England or are not very familiar with the customs of drinking tea there are many interesting bits of history and traditions to learn. I was amazed to learn that before tea was introduced to England, people drank ale with their breakfast. In addition, I found the practice of smuggling or selling used tea leaves to be both fascinating and disgusting. There are many other intriguing and amusing facts and opinions to be discovered in the quotes, passages, and letters cited in this book.

Besides being an edifying and elegant work of nonfiction, Tea with Jane Austen includes several bonus attractions. One being the variety of illustrations which include: pictures from Jane Austen's House Museum, black and white sketches, caricatures, Regency prints, and of course, images of various teacups and teapots. The other being recipes! I greatly admire and appreciate how Ms. Wilson presented the recipes both in its original wording from two hundred year old sources and in a detailed format that includes modern appliances and measurements. No need to beat your batter for an hour, go ahead and get out your electric mixer! Furthermore, I'm glad that Ms. Wilson included both metric and American systems of measurement, making these recipes accessible to readers on both sides of the pond. I can't wait to test out the recipes for Pound Cake, Hot Bath Cakes, and Lemon Cheesecakes! However, I don't think I'll try to make my own Water-Gruel or Homemade Catchup that can keep for "twenty years" any time soon!

To put it simply, I loved everything about Tea with Jane Austen. I loved learning about English traditions, social customs and how Jane Austen used tea as a literary device in her novels. Moreover, I took great pleasure in the engaging commentary, detailed illustrations and appetizing recipes! This book is a MUST have if you are at all inclined to learn more about tea during the time of Jane Austen! I highly recommend!

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Tea with Jane Austen Kim Wilson Tom Carpenter 9780972121798 Books Reviews

I am a big fan of Jane Austen and found this book to fit the bill. Since I am a teaologist, I "drink in" all the books I can find about tea. When I saw this one with one of my favorite people, I snapped it up. Very well written and the recipes are great too.
Excellent information on the importance of tea to Jane Austen. She was in charge of tea for the household in her later life. She purchased the tea, stored it, and made tea each morning for her family. There were many illustrations, recipes, and historical notes. I would recommend this to any student of Jane Austen's life or to any tea advocate.
This is a beautiful book and far more interesting and informative than most tea books I've read and bought. I love tea books but I have discovered that most of them are long on beautifully styled photographs and short on useful information. I know where to buy loose tea. I know where to buy cream. I know where to buy expensive china. I know how to make scones. Tea With Jane Austen tells me WHY I want to buy cream, why I want to make scones, why you use a china tea set, what kind Jane Austen used and why she used what she used. Tea was simply a way of life for Jane Austen much like breathing is a way of life for us. This book went into exactly how tea was an integral part of her life, how she shopped for it, where she bought it, what she had to look out for.
It's a great book, well worth the price.
I read some novels by Jane Austen and know just a little bit about her history, and decided to purchase this book to learn more about how she most likely served tea to her family, her tea interests and possibly the foods that were enjoyed during tea time. I enjoy drinking tea every day, at least 2 pots or more if sharing with someone else. I am currently reading this book while drinking tea and I must say it's quite enlightening and a great read (if you enjoy any sort of historical read.) Now I cannot say if everything I am reading in this book is completely true or how well the author researched her material, I just cannot. It is entertaining, educational and well written. It's a nice touch to include excerpts from her novels, her letters or letter from someone else, on the sides of every page.
I would highly recommend this book to any person that enjoys tea time with a friend or by themselves, learning ne things, with a big pot of hot tea, of course.
Tea with Jane Austen is a lovingly told tale of the importance of tea in the life of those who lived in the Regency Era. It is all here How to make tea, tea and toast for breakfast (the usual breakfast fare for all but the wealthiest households), seeping the tea leaves, tea caddies and miscellaneous utensils, shopping for tea sets, and the different types of teas. In Austen's time, tea was a valuable commodity that was kept under lock and key. In the Austen household, Jane was the keeper of the keys to the tea chest.

But, for me, the most interesting part of the book was Jane's excursions into London to buy the best tea from Twinings warehouse. This was the most expensive way of buying tea, but there was a reason for buying the best. Tea was regularly adulterated with things you don't want to think about. Dregs were sold out the back door by kitchen maids. After being dried, they were mixed with "leaves, twigs, and sometimes floor sweepings." That's if you were lucky. "The dyes used on adulterated tea were often quite poisonous."

Although the afternoon tea we associate with the British belongs to the Victorian Era, there were rituals aplenty in the Regency Era, and this book shows how important tea was to Jane Austen and her contemporaries. Five stars.
A great resource for Austen fans, tea aficionados, and anyone generally interested in the Regency period. Wilson describes the ways one would obtain and drink that most famous of English beverages, and intersperses the very digestible chunks of information with quotes for Austen's books and letters that show Jane's attitude toward tea. Fun for readers but a good resource for writers, too.
(Note This review is of the 2011 edition published by Frances Lincoln Limited, which includes forty color and forty-five black and white illustrations.)

Tea is not just a soothing, aromatic beverage - in Jane Austen's time it was a daily ritual, a social activity, an indication of status, and a literary device. Throughout Jane Austen's novels and the novels of her contemporaries there is great significance placed on the purchasing, serving, and drinking of tea - some of which might be missed by modern readers. In her charming and elegant book, Tea with Jane Austen, Kim Wilson meticulously examines the inclusion and influence of tea in Jane Austen's novels.

Tea with Jane Austen is divided into five chapters that discuss the different times, occasions, and locations to drink tea. For those of us who are not from England or are not very familiar with the customs of drinking tea there are many interesting bits of history and traditions to learn. I was amazed to learn that before tea was introduced to England, people drank ale with their breakfast. In addition, I found the practice of smuggling or selling used tea leaves to be both fascinating and disgusting. There are many other intriguing and amusing facts and opinions to be discovered in the quotes, passages, and letters cited in this book.

Besides being an edifying and elegant work of nonfiction, Tea with Jane Austen includes several bonus attractions. One being the variety of illustrations which include pictures from Jane Austen's House Museum, black and white sketches, caricatures, Regency prints, and of course, images of various teacups and teapots. The other being recipes! I greatly admire and appreciate how Ms. Wilson presented the recipes both in its original wording from two hundred year old sources and in a detailed format that includes modern appliances and measurements. No need to beat your batter for an hour, go ahead and get out your electric mixer! Furthermore, I'm glad that Ms. Wilson included both metric and American systems of measurement, making these recipes accessible to readers on both sides of the pond. I can't wait to test out the recipes for Pound Cake, Hot Bath Cakes, and Lemon Cheesecakes! However, I don't think I'll try to make my own Water-Gruel or Homemade Catchup that can keep for "twenty years" any time soon!

To put it simply, I loved everything about Tea with Jane Austen. I loved learning about English traditions, social customs and how Jane Austen used tea as a literary device in her novels. Moreover, I took great pleasure in the engaging commentary, detailed illustrations and appetizing recipes! This book is a MUST have if you are at all inclined to learn more about tea during the time of Jane Austen! I highly recommend!

Austenesque Reviews