For All The Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History, written by Sarah Rose. This is the dramatic story of one of the greatest acts of corporate espionage ever committed. Sarah Rose recounts the fascinating, unlikely circumstances surrounding a turning point in economic history. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the British East India Company faced the loss of its monopoly on the extremely lucrative tea trade with China, forcing it to make the drastic decision of sending Scottish botanist Robert Fortune to steal the crop from deep within China and bring it back to British plantations in India. Fortune's danger filled odyssey is magnificently recounted and reads like adventure fiction.
For those who like a good read in the company of a nice cuppa, this is it.
Tea recommendations to accompany this book: A lovely malty Assam 'Mokalbari' or perhaps a light First Flush Darjeeling 'Jungpana'
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