For All the Tea in China
For All the Tea in China
Sarah Rose · first published 2008 · ISBN 9781400145379
The account of Robert Fortune's theft of Chinese tea plants and processing knowledge for the East India Company, told as the corporate espionage operation it was. A useful corrective to any romantic view of how tea reached British cups.
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Robert Fortune's theft of Chinese tea plants and processing knowledge for the East India Company, told as the industrial espionage operation it was. Read it before romanticizing how tea reached Britain.