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Tea Routes #1868: The Teahouse at the Threshold of Modernity
Behind West Asia’s seemingly timeless teahouses lies a modern history of empires, trade, technology, and changing tastes.
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Essays, field notes and research by Noam Backner on China, Inner Asia, Buddhism, the Silk Roads, food, agriculture and the lived experience of place.