Under ProQuest on the school's website, I did an Advanced Search using the keywords "tea" and "culture". Most of the results came up under History and Politics of tea. I found a periodical that let me veiw the full text online.
Under the Basic Search, I searched "tea" and "culture" and found the following journal: "The Birth of a Noble Tea Country: On the Geography of the Colonial Capital and the Origins of Indian Tea" by Andrews B. Liu, vol.23, Oxford. March 2010 (?). This was an analysis of relevant geography, economy, as well as history. I read the full p.73 text online.
Under Topics Search, I searched "tea" and the optional key terms which included "Recipes, Basic Industry, Health, etc..." All of my favourite books from this Search can be found on the school's library website under My List.
Look at southseattle.edu
Databases include Academic Search Complete and ProQuest.

It's not letting me paste it, but I found a very interesting book involving "Arabic medicinal plants" under EbscoHost in Academic Search Complete in the SCCC Library main website, using the keywords tea -AND- culture.

My subject is tea, and I've started my blog on the subject... I don't really know where to go from here. I think I'll publish my assignments here. We'll see what happens...