James Norwood Pratt

James Norwood Pratt published his first book on tea in 1982 and is widely acknowledged as an instigator and prophet of America's present tea renaissance. With numerous columns, articles and interviews in overseas tea periodicals and books which have been translated into French, German, Czech and Chinese, he is perhaps the world's most widely read author on the subject today. He was made Honorary Director of America's first traditional Chinese tea house, was instrumental in creating APTI (precursor of the current Specialty Tea Institute), has been editor-in-chief of two tea magazines and leads tea tours to China and India. In 2005 he was chosen International Juror in India's first-ever tea competition. His entertaining talks and tea classes reach growing audiences each year and James Norwood Pratt's "New Tea Lover's Treasury", his now classic "bible of tea", remains the most comprehensive compendium on tea in English. Besides his "International Tea Dictionary" for the tea trade, his works in progress include "All About Black Tea: For those who've given tea a thought but not a try." T Ching will preview selected excerpts.

Posts

Anna the Duchess of Bedford and the Japanese tea ceremony (Part 4 of 4)	08 Dec 2009
Anna the Duchess of Bedford and the Japanese tea ceremony (Part 3 of 4)	01 Dec 2009
Anna the Duchess of Bedford and the Japanese tea ceremony (Part 2 of 4)	24 Nov 2009
Anna the Duchess of Bedford and the Japanese tea ceremony (Part 1 of 4)	17 Nov 2009
The oolong tea ritual: Part 3 of 3	10 Nov 2009
The oolong tea ritual: Part 2 of 3	03 Nov 2009
The oolong tea ritual (Part 1 of 3)	27 Oct 2009
The green tea ritual (Part 2 of 2)	20 Oct 2009
The green tea ritual (Part 1 of 2)	13 Oct 2009
The black tea ritual (Part 2 of 2)	06 Oct 2009
The black tea ritual (Part 1 of 2)	29 Sep 2009
How to decaffeinate tea	22 Sep 2009
Steeping time	15 Sep 2009
Amount of dry leaf	08 Sep 2009
A word on kettles	01 Sep 2009
Water temperature	25 Aug 2009
Water	18 Aug 2009
A dissertation on making tea	11 Aug 2009
Barks, tonics, decoctions, infusions, and tisanes	04 Aug 2009
O’Clock, Proprietary and Royal Teas	28 Jul 2009
More on Earl Grey and other famous names	21 Jul 2009
Earl Grey and other famous names	14 Jul 2009
English and other breakfast teas	07 Jul 2009
Teas of the Americas, Australia, and elsewhere	30 Jun 2009
Teas of Russia, Turkey, and Iran	23 Jun 2009
Teas of Vietnam and Southeast Asia	16 Jun 2009
Teas of Africa	09 Jun 2009
Teas of Indonesia	02 Jun 2009
Maturata, Uda-Pusselawa, Haputalle and Badulla	26 May 2009
Uva	19 May 2009
Nuwara Eliya	12 May 2009
Dimbulla	05 May 2009
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)	28 Apr 2009
India’s other teas	21 Apr 2009
Nilgiri	14 Apr 2009
Darjeeling – Part 3	07 Apr 2009
Darjeeling – Part 2	31 Mar 2009
Darjeeling – Part 1	24 Mar 2009
Assam	17 Mar 2009
Teas of India – A word on those initials in tea names	10 Mar 2009
Teas of India	03 Mar 2009
Formosa Oolong	24 Feb 2009
Jade and amber oolong	17 Feb 2009
Teas of Taiwan	10 Feb 2009
Bancha, Kukicha, Hojicha and Genmaicha	03 Feb 2009
Sencha	27 Jan 2009
Gyokuro	20 Jan 2009
Teas of Japan	13 Jan 2009
Scented teas – Part 2	06 Jan 2009
Scented teas – Part 1	30 Dec 2008
Pu-Er	23 Dec 2008
Yunnan – among the grandest of the world’s black teas	16 Dec 2008
Keemun – spendor of flavor and perfume	09 Dec 2008
China black	02 Dec 2008
Shuixian and Fenghuang Dancong	25 Nov 2008
Tieh Kuan Yin (Ti Quan Yin)	18 Nov 2008
take time to read! two book reviews	11 Nov 2008
Bohea (Wuyi)	28 Oct 2008
oolong (wu-lung)	21 Oct 2008
Bai-cha	14 Oct 2008
Maojian and Yunwu	07 Oct 2008
huangshan mao feng and guapian	30 Sep 2008
green tea: biluochun	23 Sep 2008
green tea: dragon well (longjing or lung ching)	16 Sep 2008
green tea (lu-cha): eyebrow and gunpowder	09 Sep 2008
teas of china – introduction	02 Sep 2008
the treasury	26 Aug 2008
the way things are now	19 Aug 2008
the good news – continued	12 Aug 2008
the good news – part one	05 Aug 2008
teas of the world today	29 Jul 2008
the ruin of china – continued	22 Jul 2008
the ruin of china – part one	15 Jul 2008
sir tea – continued	08 Jul 2008
sir tea – part one	01 Jul 2008
black tea takes over – continued	24 Jun 2008
black tea takes over	17 Jun 2008
serendipity – continued	10 Jun 2008
serendipity – part one	03 Jun 2008
the advent of machinery – continued	27 May 2008
the advent of machinery – part one	20 May 2008
a tea martyr	13 May 2008
the assam company – continued	06 May 2008
the assam company	29 Apr 2008
the adventures of Robert Fortune, esq., continued	22 Apr 2008
the adventures of Robert Fortune, esq.	15 Apr 2008
the struggles of charles bruce	08 Apr 2008
john company conquers India – continued	01 Apr 2008
john company conquers india	25 Mar 2008
the discovery of tea in india – continued	18 Mar 2008
the secret’s out: the discovery of tea in india	11 Mar 2008
the great tea race – part four	04 Mar 2008
the great tea race – part three	26 Feb 2008
the great tea race – part two	19 Feb 2008
the great tea race	12 Feb 2008
the era of the clipper ship-part two	05 Feb 2008
the era of the clipper ship	29 Jan 2008
the trade in england – part three	22 Jan 2008
the trade in england – part two	15 Jan 2008
the trade in england	08 Jan 2008
Foreign Mud – Part 4	01 Jan 2008
Foreign Mud – Part 3	25 Dec 2007
foreign mud – part two	18 Dec 2007
foreign mud	11 Dec 2007
the china trade: foreign devils and pidgin english 4	27 Nov 2007
the china trade:foreign devils and pidgin english 3	20 Nov 2007
the china trade: foreign devils and pidgin english 2	13 Nov 2007
the china trade: foreign devils and pidgin english	06 Nov 2007
An Empire Brewed from Tea Leaves 3	30 Oct 2007
Meet Rajah Banerjee	25 Oct 2007
An Empire Brewed from Tea Leaves 2	23 Oct 2007
an empire brewed from tea leaves	16 Oct 2007
“. . . we have renounced tea. . . “	09 Oct 2007
tuesdays with norwood: colonial america 3	02 Oct 2007
tuesdays with norwood: colonial tea parties 2	25 Sep 2007
tuesdays with norwood: colonial tea parties	18 Sep 2007
tuesdays with norwood: taxation without representation 2	11 Sep 2007
tuesdays with norwood: taxation without representation	04 Sep 2007
tuesdays with norwood: colonial america 2	28 Aug 2007
tuesdays with norwood: colonial america	21 Aug 2007
Tuesdays with Norwood: Bootleg Tea 3	14 Aug 2007
tuesday’s with norwood: bootleg tea 2	07 Aug 2007
James Norwood Pratt: Bootleg Tea	01 Aug 2007
tuesdays with norwood: porcelain ballast 4	24 Jul 2007
porcelain ballast: 3	17 Jul 2007
tuesdays with norwood: porcelain ballast 2	10 Jul 2007
tuesdays with norwood: porcelain ballast	03 Jul 2007
tuesday’s with norwood: the lexicographer 2	26 Jun 2007
tuesday’s with norwood: the lexicographer	19 Jun 2007
tuesday’s with norwood: coffeehouse and tea garden 4	12 Jun 2007
tuesdays with norwood: coffeehouse and tea garden 3	29 May 2007
tuesdays with norwood: coffeehouse and tea garden 2	22 May 2007
tuesdays with norwood: coffeehouse and tea garden	15 May 2007
tuesdays with norwood: holland is first 2	08 May 2007
tuesdays with norwood: holland is first	01 May 2007
tuesdays with norwood: tea reaches england at last – 3	24 Apr 2007
tuesdays with norwood: tea reaches england at last 2	17 Apr 2007
tuesdays with norwood: tea reaches england at last	10 Apr 2007
tuesdays with norwood: John Company 3	03 Apr 2007
tuesdays with norwood: John Company 2	27 Mar 2007
tuesdays with norwood: John Company 1	20 Mar 2007
tuesdays with norwood mandarin and muscovite 3	13 Mar 2007
tuesdays with norwood: mandarin and muscovite 2	06 Mar 2007
tuesdays with norwood: mandarin and muscovite	27 Feb 2007
tuesdays with norwood: the reception in europe 2	20 Feb 2007
tuesdays with norwood: the reception in europe	13 Feb 2007
tuesday’s with norwood: rumors of tea – part 2	06 Feb 2007
tuesday’s with norwood: rumors of tea	30 Jan 2007
tuesday’s with norwood: border tea – part 2	23 Jan 2007
tuesday’s with norwood: border tea – part 1	16 Jan 2007
tuesdays with Norwood: Part 8	09 Jan 2007
Tuesdays with Norwood: part 7	26 Dec 2006
Tuesdays with Norwood: part 6	19 Dec 2006
Tuesdays with Norwood: Part 5	12 Dec 2006
Tuesdays with Norwood: Part 4	05 Dec 2006
Tuesdays with Norwood: Part 3	28 Nov 2006
Tuesdays with Norwood: Part 2	21 Nov 2006
Tuesdays with Norwood: In Japan – Part 1	14 Nov 2006
In the Beginning: Tang, Song and Mongol – Part 3	24 Oct 2006
In the Beginning: Tang, Song and Mongol – Part 2	16 Oct 2006
In the Beginning: Tang, Song and Mongol – Part 1	04 Oct 2006
In the beginning: Tea as Buddhist Communion	26 Sep 2006
In the Beginning: Lu Yü and the Ch’a Ching	20 Sep 2006
In the Beginning	12 Sep 2006
All About Black Tea: Auctioning – an excerpt	18 Aug 2006