Andrew Langley is a knowledgeable writer, with his name to more than a hundred different books, many of them dedicated to food and drink. Among his formative influences he lists a season picking grapes in Bordeaux, several years of raising sheep and chickens in Wiltshire and two decades drinking his grandmother's tea.

From iced tea to using tea in your ice cream, and from fighting fridge odour to fertilising your garden, and why exactly does tea from the pot tastes so much better? All these pearls of wisdom and answers to your tea-related questions are within; marvel at the amazing health-giving properties of a dozen different herbal teas given in this little book. This book is a rich brew of information and advice for all lovers of the leaf.