In this episode, our five-minute podcast that fills your little breaks with history, the focus is set on how tea was the reason for a lot of evil. Today, it is hard to believe that an everyday commodity like tea could influence and prompt major historical events. Well, in the old times of maritime trade, this is exactly the kind of thing that could create lots of tension. The British love for tea is more than a cliché. You think of our British mates, you think of tea, aye? What you don’t think of and trust me, after this podcast you will, is how the British put up a drug empire and went to war only to get tea out of China without bankrupting themselves.  Get yourself a nice cup of tea, lean back and enjoy today’s History-Break. If you want to learn more about this topic, make sure to visit this website or get yourself a copy of Sarah Rose’s For all the tea in China which helped me a lot when preparing your little History-Break. (By Tiago Henrique FERREIRA FLORES)