It’s all in the Tea-Tails! After learning about the main types of tea and how tea plants are processed to create one of our favorite drinks, we’ll dive into the complex and often dark history of tea. The introduction of tea to the Western World is embroiled in colonization, smuggling, scandals, and wars. One of the main culprits behind all of this mayhem was the East India Company. Did you know the Opium trade and Opium Wars are closely tied to the tea trade?

Discussion Includes:

The Main Tea Plant

Types of Teas

Tea Processing Methods

The Colonization of Tea pre-East India Company

Tea Smuggling

Tea, Opium, and the East India Company

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