周重林

Zhou Chonglin is an author known in the Chinese book market for his writing on tea culture. Public information about him is limited, and details of his life have largely not been disclosed. Judging from the six works held in the collection, his writing consistently centers on tea while also touching on history, classical poetry, and food culture. The Tea War begins with the tea trade and historical change, The Basics of Tea: Revelations from Lu Yu's Classic of Tea returns to the foundational text of tea studies, and Song Tea: Elegance and Tone turns to the tea customs and literati tastes of the Song dynasty; another work, Eating Tea with Su Dongpo, discusses tea through the daily life of the ancients. He also attends to the material roots of tea, as in The Craft of Things: Secrets of Yunnan's Ancient Tea Gardens, a work of documentary writing about ancient tea plantations. His books are often classified as history, documentary literature, and food culture; his style combines textual research with narrative and has a recognizable place among popular tea-culture titles.