For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History

by Sarah Rose

Book Overview

A dramatic historical narrative of the man who stole the secret of tea from China In 1848, the British East India Company, having lost its monopoly on the tea trade, engaged Robert Fortune, a Scottish gardener, botanist, and plant hunter, to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China--territory forbidden to foreigners--to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea horticulture and manufacturing. For All the Tea in China is the remarkable account...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670021520
• ISBN13: 9780670021529
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

I do not drink tea but this broad review of tea is fascinating

Who knew how tea became so popular it changed England