Book Review: Learning by Brewing

April 4, 2025

Learning by Brewing is an apt title for this book, for that is what Jens Dennig wants us to do. He wants us to try teas and decide for ourselves what we like. Of course, he has pages of suggestions. This book is a veritable encyclopedia of tea, although, as Dennig warns us, it reflects only his own experiences with tea. Much is left out. In the Preface, he says, “In retrospect, the most regrettable thing for me is the fact I drank inferior tea for too long and sometimes skimped in the wrong p

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Alexa Campbell

Alexa Campbell has been a writer since she fell in love with researching and editing articles in school. During her career, she has taught high school English and technical writing in a community college. She ran her own technical communication business where she wrote user manuals and conducted workshops in a variety of writing topics. She is a newcomer to the tea world, and as a self-acknowledged nerd, is absorbing as much as she can about this fascinating field. She lives in Canada, in Winnipeg, which is the geographical centre of North America.