Puer Tea: Ancient Caravans and Urban Chic - Brossura

Zhang, Jinghong

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ISBN 10: 0295993235 ISBN 13: 9780295993232

Casa editrice: Univ of Washington Pr, 2013

Riassunto

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.

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Su questo libro

L'autore:

Jinghong Zhang is a lecturer at Yunnan University.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Washington Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0295993235
• ISBN 13: 9780295993232
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 249