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In some stories, tea is the hero. In others, it’s the context within which the characters relate. Regardless, the tone is always light and fun with a bit of a swagger.

With over 40 years of experience tasting and blending tea, Barry is recognized as a master of his craft in both the herb and tea trades. He’s spent a lifetime traveling to some of the most remote reaches of the planet to source rare herbs and teas.

But before he was a Tea Master, Barry was a small boy from England being raised in the heart of Kenya. He spent his childhood playing in the wilds of Africa, and this experience instilled a love for adventure that hasn’t diminished. In fact, adventure seems to follow Barry around. Routine work assignments somehow end up putting Barry on a charter flight out of a war zone, working the labor lines in a tea field, living in a brothel, staring down the wrong end of a machine gun and in a host of other unexpected situations.

Never Throw Rocks at a Baboon walks readers through this life of adventure, from Barry’s African childhood to his teen defection to Britain and into the beginnings of his illustrious career in tea.