For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink

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For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite DrinkDESCRIPTION : Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China territory forbidden to foreigners to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea. For centuries, China had been the world's sole tea manufacturer. Britain purchased this fuel for its Empire by trading opium to the Chinese a poisonous relationship Britain fought

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