Book description
Two of the recessions success stories have been loose leaf tea and
poetry put the two together and you have poetea . Here professional
writer, portrait miniature painter and Tea Poet, Elizabeth Darcy
Jones, serves up a fragrant brew in this charming volume, celebrating
different teas and tea people . Alongside descriptions of different
tea types and hints about using loose leaf tea 37 different teas are
described as characters, revealing their unique personalities in an
accessible and entertaining way. Who wouldnot be tempted to discover
her Mr Darcy of a tea?
I hope the contents of this exquisite and unusual little book will
inspire you to put tea to the fore. --Nigel Havers 'Delightful little
volume by a real tea poet, celebrating different teas and 'tea
people". The Bookseller 'Reviving a centuries old tradition of
writing poetically about tea, Elizabeth Darcy Jones' delightful and
often seductive verse is catching attention across the world.' UK Tea
Council '... she's not just any bard, she's Elizabeth Darcy Jones,
Britain's tea poet, and she can talk about tea faster than you can drink
it.' Evening Standard 'Did you know Britain has a Tea Poet? She is
Elizabeth Darcy Jones and her enchanting verse about tea comes out in a
book, Distinguished Leaves, which will be launched at The Savoy this
month. The seductive poems uplift and delight - just like good tea - and
that charmer Nigel Havers has written the foreword.' The London Magazine
'Whether you're a tea connoisseur or drink the same supermarket brand of
tea every day then this collection of poetry is for you.' Lorraine
Mariner, Curator and tea-lover, The Poetry Library 'If, like me, you
love both tea and poems that rhyme, this is clearly the perfect book for
you.' Sophie Hannah, best selling writer and poet 'Britain needs a Tea
Poet like Cornwall needs its clotted cream and Tregothnan its
camellias'. Jonathan Jones, Garden Director, Tregothnan Estate
Elizabeth Darcy Jones is one of a handful of tea poets in the world,
perpetuating the ancient Chinese and Japanese tradition of writing
poetry about the multi-faceted aspects of tea. Elizabeths first volume
of poetry, Simply This, now sold out, was described by Tony Parsons as a
delightful mixture of prose and poetry... . A former City voice coach
for Cazenove & Co (and once described by The Daily Telegraph as its
Queen Bee ), Elizabeth was commissioned to write the post-war biography
of wartime S. O.E. coding genius, Leo Marks OBE. She regularly performs
her tea and other poems in London, and was a featured guest at The Seven
Dials Club as part of the London Alternative Fringe Festival in 2010.
