James Norwood Pratt was educated at R.J. Reynolds High School, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and in Europe.

[3] In 1960, as part of the Honors Program, Pratt made his first journey to Europe aboard RMS Queen Mary.

built upon extensive knowledge," and the Washington Post noted that it is "[i]lluminated by love and garnished with literary allusion."

"[6] James Norwood Pratt's Tea Lover's Treasury includes an introduction by preeminent American food writer, M.F.K.

Fisher, who notes that: "Norwood Pratt's book about tea is written so deftly, in its heady combination of learning and pure love, that its pages will cheer us long after what's in the cup is cold and stale.

"[7] In 2000, he brought out James Norwood Pratt's NEW Tea Lover's Treasury, a complete re-casting of his earlier work in the light of increased information.

This book is often used as a training manual in the United States tea trade, and has been translated into German with the title Tee für Geniesser.

[8] Beginning in 2007, James Norwood Pratt began contributing articles to the tea blog, T Ching.

Also a speaker and teacher, Mr. Pratt has addressed audiences from Zurich, Switzerland (Le Club des Buveurs de The Suisse) and London's Kew Gardens to Hangzhou (China Tea Research Institute).

~James Norwood Pratt in "A Life in Tea: James Norwood Pratt's (not so) Mad Mission" by Julie Beals, Editor-in-Chief,[12] "Taking tea is a moment of windless calm, amid the bluster of daily events has always been one of humanity's favorite pleasures.