A colorful, elegant, whimsical guide to a newly thriving American tea renaissance at its epicenter--the San Francisco Bay Area. Filled with stories of tea masters and merchants, as well as the teachings of tea, this guide features 18 diverse venues and a basic tea glossary to get readers up to speed on tea types and how experts judge teas, from terroir to processing methods. The first and only book of its kind to showcase the very diverse San Francisco tea scene and its proprietors in vivid full-color images, The Way to Tea explores tea cultures from around the world, and how they are influencing tea culture in the San Francisco Bay Area.