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"Tea history" as a book category covers the origins, spread, and cultural meaning of tea from its botanical and archaeological roots to its role in modern global society. It includes studies of early cultivation and processing techniques, the development of regional tea traditions and rituals (for example Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and British practices), and the material culture of tea—teapots, utensils, and shops. It also explores tea’s economic and political impact through trade, colonialism, and companies like the East India Company, as well as labor, plantation histories, and globalization. Interdisciplinary in nature, works in this category draw on social and cultural history, economic and environmental history, anthropology, and food studies, appealing both to general readers interested in cultural practices and to scholars tracing broader historical processes through the lens of a single beverage.

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