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Default How England stole the world's favorite drink and changed history

hellohello wrote:
> Singanas@Texasgulfcoast;1460367 Wrote:
>> On Mar 31, 7:13*am, Robin ]
>> wrote:-
>> (NPR) - By the mid-19th century, Britain was an almost unchallenged
>> empire. It controlled about a fifth of the world's surface, and yet
>> its weakness had everything to do with tiny leaves soaked in hot
>> water. By 1800, tea was easily the most popular drink in the country.
>> The problem? All the tea in the world came from China, and Britain
>> couldn't control the quality or the price. So around 1850, a group of
>> British businessmen set out to create a tea industry in a place they
>> did control: India.
>>
>> "For All the Tea In China: How England Stole the World's Favorite
>> Drink and Changed History" (Amazon.com:'Amazon.com: For All the Tea in
>> China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed
>> History (9780670021529): Sarah Rose: Books' (http://xrl.us/TeaThieves))
>> is
>> Sarah Rose's account of the effort to control the tea market, what she
>> calls the "greatest single act of corporate espionage in history."...
>>
>> Continued:'The Tea Thieves: How A Drink Shaped An Empire : NPR'
>> (http://xrl.us/TeaChina)-
>>
>> ~~~~~~~
>>
>> I think the Chinese are at the same game. Japanese white mountain
>> tea disappeared from the shelves in Texas stores. Now the Chinese
>> are selling large quantities of "white mountain tea." in the (you
>> guessed it) dollar stores, not the megamarts.
>>
>> Cheers, David H
>> ~~~~~~

>
> well, if you are a tea-lover or really wanna know tea culture and
> history , then you should check on 'Welcome to 5K Tea - Chinese tea,
> green, black, oolong, pu erh' (http://www.5ktea.com) to know more


I would not eat nor drink anything that comes from
China. Have you not been paying attention to the
polluted imports?

Wake up!