ABOUT BARRY W. COOPER


Barry W. Cooper is the CEO and chairman of the Cooper Tea Company. He founded the company in 2003 after having spent over 40 years tasting, sourcing and blending teas. Upon the completion of his four-decade apprenticeship, Barry has earned recognition as an International Tea Master.

Barry holds a number of patents for tea preparation and manufacturing. He has published a series of articles on these subjects in the Tea and Coffee Trade Journal. He is a frequent speaker at industry seminars and is the author of Silver Spoons, Mad Baboons, and Other Tales of Tea.

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SILVER SPOONS, MAD BABOONS, AND OTHER TALES OF TEA

Filled to the brim with stories of adventure in search of "two leaves and a bud," this book could only come from a man who's actually lived those events. Barry Cooper began his lifelong romance with tea at an early age, being raised amongst the tea fields of Kenya, East Africa. In Silver Spoons, he chronicles his ensuing forty-year quest for the perfect cup of tea. Cooper shares lessons learned while being trained in England's most esteemed tea house. He lays bare truths of the tea industry, including the unreported struggles between tea growers, buyers, blenders, and merchants around the world. Cooper reveals the crazy adventures and hair-raising situations encountered in his determination to discover previously unknown sources of herbs. And finally, he tells the inside story of the gambles he took to develop his signature teas.

For those who love tea—or just enjoy a good adventure story—Silver Spoons, Mad Baboons, and Other Tales of Tea is by turns insightful, engrossing, and often downright hilarious.


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