Cha Chat Episode 2.2: Drink Your Tea

About the Episode

Today we talk with Leyla Cabugos and Daniel Goldstein, librarians in Researcher Services at University of California, Davis.  Both Leyla and Dan curated an exhibit of books at Shields Library called, “Drink your tea”.  Erik, the host, also curated an exhibit at Carlson Health Sciences Library on tea and wine in the health literature called, “Quest for the Panacea of Beverages”.  These exhibits were done in conjunction with the 5th GTI Colloquium, “The Great Debate: Discussions on Wine and Tea”.

The exhibit, “Drink your tea” was inspired by the rufous-sided Towhee bird, whose call sounds like, “drink your tea”.  Click the player below to hear its call.

We discuss the breadth and multidisciplinary nature of researching tea which is well represented by the exhibit Dan and Leyla created.  This exhibit included many books covering a broad range of topics on tea and wine.  Erik discussed looking at the health sciences literature on tea and wine.  Erik emphasized an interest in the role of tea and wellness, which is a topic of increasing importance in Veterinary Medicine.  UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine has a great program on site that looks at wellness at the Career, Leadership and Wellness Center.

Leyla mentioned that there are a great deal of extremely valuable resources on tea and wine at UC Davis Special Collections and Archives under the Noling Collection.

Check out this video created by Christine Cheng, Outreach and Instructional librarian at the UC Davis Special Collections and Archives.