Vietnam Tea Tales

Vietnam Tea Tales
Author: Geoff Hopkins
Publisher: Geoff Hopkins
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2024-08-01
Genre: Cooking
ISBN:

The story of tea in Vietnam is as enigmatic as the country itself. A land where tea plants grew spontaneously, where drinking tea was a national obsession, but where no serious attempts were made to take advantage of these natural phenomena. While tea in Vietnam today is dominated by large scale commodity production, it is the burgeoning artisan processing scene and specialty tea products which come under the spotlight in Vietnam Tea Tales. But it is more than a quest to discover interesting teas. It is a journey through the highways, byways, forests, and villages to the remotest corners of Vietnam’s mountainous borderlands. It is about tea-makers from different ethnicities who call the mountains their home, and the long-standing friendships that have been built with them. Not least, it is an appreciation of wild grown, majestic, ancient tea trees and the biodiversity rich environments in which they grow. In Vietnam Tea Tales, the authors unravel the mysteries of the past and draw on their personal experiences from a decade or more of tea sourcing to explore the development of the present-day tea landscape. From pre-historic origins, the story of tea in Vietnam has been shaped by Chinese domination, feudal dynasties, European colonisation, and a long struggle for independence. The modern tea industry only emerging after escaping the constraints of Confucian thought, haphazard colonial attempts to replicate British and Dutch success, and decades of war, isolation and turmoil. Vietnam Tea Tales will satisfy the curiosity of anyone interested in learning about tea from Vietnam or knowing more about the world of tea in general. So, switch on the kettle and read on ….

Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories

Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories
Author: Phuoc Thi Minh Tran
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2015-04-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1462915167

**Winner of Creative Child Magazine 2015 Book of the Year Award** **Winner of Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2015 Gold Medal** This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Vietnamese fairy tales and other folk stories--providing insight into a rich literary culture. Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories is a charming collection of fifteen tales as told by prominent storyteller Tran Thi Minh Phuoc. In it, Tran--Minnesota's first Vietnamese librarian and an active member of the Vietnamese-American community--recounts cherished folktales such as "The Story of Tam and Cam" (the Vietnamese version of Cinderella), "The Jade Rabbit," and "The Legend of the Mai Flower." They make perfect new additions for story time or bedtime reading. With beautiful illustrations by veteran artists Nguyen Thi Hop and Nguyen Dong, children and adults alike will be enchanted by Tran's English retellings. Stories in which integrity, hard work and a kind heart triumph over deception, laziness, and greed--as gods, peasants, kings and fools spring to life in legends of bravery and beauty, and fables about nature. The Children's Favorite Stories series was created to share the folktales and legends most beloved by children in the East with young readers of all backgrounds in the West. Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories will keep Vietnam's folktales alive for them and the legions of young readers who enjoy multicultural children's books and stories set in faraway lands. Other multicultural children's books in this series include: Asian Children's Favorite Stories, Indian Children's Favorite Stories, Indonesian Children's Favorite Stories, Japanese Children's Favorite Stories, Singapore Children's Favorite Stories, Filipino Favorite Children's Stories, Favorite Children's Stories from China & Tibet, Chinese Children's Favorite Stories, Korean Children's Favorite Stories, Balinese Children's Favorite Stories..

The Tale of Tea

The Tale of Tea
Author: George van Driem
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Tea
ISBN: 9789004386259

The Tale of Tea presents a comprehensive history of tea from prehistoric times to the present day in a single volume, covering the fascinating social history of tea and the origins, botany and biochemistry of this singularly important cultigen.

Two Cakes Fit for a King

Two Cakes Fit for a King
Author: Nguyet Cam Nguyen
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2003-07-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780824826680

For centuries, Vietnamese have sustained the history of their nation, both actual and mythic, through their folklore. These stories, passed from generation to generation, contain not only the national saga, but also fundamental cultural values that Vietnamese hold dear. Some stories, like "A Daughter's Love," are imaginative accounts of early Vietnamese history. Others, like "The Anger of the Waters" and the title story, "Two Cakes Fit for a King," provide colorful explanations of the world and how it works. "The Story of Watermelon Island" offers readers a glimpse of the traditional agrarian values and way of life that are the foundation of Vietnamese society. Imaginative and captivating, funny and sometimes tragic, these tales have remained popular and culturally significant for Vietnamese, young and old, for hundreds of years. The intricate illustrations draw on centuries-old painting styles and on natural imagery and everyday life in Vietnam.

The Sentimentality of the Valley of Tea-Stories from Malaysia

The Sentimentality of the Valley of Tea-Stories from Malaysia
Author: V. S. Kalah
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1609115546

The Sentimentality of the Valley of Tea is a collection of tales depicting the lifestyles of the Malaysian community set in the ex-British hill station of Cameron Highlands and the lowlands. The cultural potpourri in the tales comprises a blend of characters, with roots belonging to major Asian ancient civilizations; the South Indian and Chinese cultures are fused with the local Malay community. This cultural fusion is further blended with the cultured ways of the colonial British masters and overlords. East truly meets the West in Malaysia; the fusion of languages, food, music, love, fashion and religion is effortlessly absorbed into the tales in a heart-warming style resulting in a feast for the senses. A must-read for those who once belonged to that simple era and to those who wished they were there. - Dr. Vengadesh, Physicist, Naturalist Natural and realistic characters - so real that they start moving in the minds of the readers as though they are real ...a great dynamic writer. - Prof. Dr. Alagar Ramanujam, Coimbatore, India Fresh and original. A major talent. - Dr. Ramesh T.Subramaniam, Associate Professor of Physics Delightful and absorbing tales of rustic multicultural Malaysia. - Dr. Ghazali Lateh, Writer About the Author: Born to a tea-picker mother and British Army truck-driver father in Cameron Highlands, V.S Kalah is a gifted storyteller. Her stories effectively capture part of the history of infant Malaysia through the eyes of her characters belonging to different walks of life. She has more to tell in her soon-to-be-published books Destiny's Child and Sugi's Love. Publisher's website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheSentimentalityOfTheValleyOfTea.htm

A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
Author: Robert Olen Butler
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2012-03-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0802193897

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize: “Uncannily perceptive stories written by an American from the viewpoint of Vietnamese citizens transplanted to Louisiana” (People). A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain is Robert Olen Butler’s Pulitzer Prize–winning collection of lyrical and poignant stories about the aftermath of the Vietnam War and its enduring impact on the Vietnamese. Written in a soaring prose, Butler’s haunting and powerful stories blend Vietnamese folklore and contemporary American realities, creating a vibrant panorama that is epic in its scope. This new edition includes two previously uncollected stories—“Missing” and “Salem”—that brilliantly complete the collection’s narrative journey, returning to the jungles of Vietnam to explore the experiences of a former Vietcong soldier and an American MIA. “Deeply affecting . . . A brilliant collection of stories about storytellers whose recited folklore radiates as implicit prayer . . . One of the strongest collections I’ve read in ages.” —Ann Beattie

To the Ends of the Earth with Empowerment of the Holy Spirit

To the Ends of the Earth with Empowerment of the Holy Spirit
Author: David Chang-Soo Lee
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2022-01-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1664253459

Pastor David Kwang-shin Kim has shown us that a single man bound by his faith can be mightier and more influential than a million individuals whose interests are only their own. The Holy Spirit led Missionary Kim Tae-won to receive the offering. Missionary Kim followed, “If you came to give an offering, then give it.” Then, the young couple gave him an envelope with a check for 80 million won ($100,000). If the People’s Security came to detain Lee while he was leading worship and holding rallies, the two drivers from the intelligence agency always vouched for him.

Legends of Vietnam

Legends of Vietnam
Author: Nghia M. Vo
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0786490608

Legends are a mirror of the culture that creates them, a revealing lens through which to observe society, religion, history, and traditions. This volume explores Vietnamese legends from 1321 to today--tales of gods, spirits, ghosts, giants, extraordinary individuals, heroes, common people, and animals. It explains the mores, thought processes, and religions that formed the genesis of Vietnamese legends, traces the development of legends through time and space, and highlights the historical and social differences between northern and southern legends. Over time, this work shows, Vietnamese legends have evolved from a 14th century means of government propaganda to become a form of news, entertainment, and thought for the masses.

Other Moons

Other Moons
Author:
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2020-08-04
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0231551630

In this anthology, Vietnamese writers describe their experience of what they call the American War and its lasting legacy through the lens of their own vital artistic visions. A North Vietnamese soldier forms a bond with an abandoned puppy. Cousins find their lives upended by the revelation that their fathers fought on opposite sides of the war. Two lonely veterans in Hanoi meet years after the war has ended through a newspaper dating service. A psychic assists the search for the body of a long-vanished soldier. The father of a girl suffering from dioxin poisoning struggles with corrupt local officials. The twenty short stories collected in Other Moons range from the intensely personal to narratives that deal with larger questions of remembrance, trauma, and healing. By a diverse set of authors, including many veterans, they span styles from social realism to tales of the fantastic. Yet whether describing the effects of Agent Orange exposure or telling ghost stories, all speak to the unresolved legacy of a conflict that still haunts Vietnam. Among the most widely anthologized and popular pieces of short fiction about the war in Vietnam, these works appear here for the first time in English. Other Moons offers Anglophone audiences an unparalleled opportunity to experience how the Vietnamese think and write about the conflict that consumed their country from 1954 to 1975—a perspective still largely missing from American narratives.

Tea and Etiquette

Tea and Etiquette
Author: Dorothea Johnson
Publisher: Capital Books (VA)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000-08
Genre: Afternoon teas
ISBN: 9781892123350

The authoritative guide to the etiquette of taking tea for business or pleasure.