Category Archives: History
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France, its colonies and tea
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I know it is probably quite strange to publish something about a country that is going to get under the ever cautious eyes of Mr @thedevotea himself and that @lahikmajoe wrote about. What is even worst is knowing that in 2009, with a mere 0,21 …
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My kingdom for a horse! Or rather an island for a tea!
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Obviously, Richard III had no clue about tea otherwise he would never had asked for a horse. In my case, I asked for tea but since I am no king, I only offered an island, the island of Sylt. For those of you that are …
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Of competitive intelligence, letters and tea
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We live really interesting times. Thanks to the Internet I can chat with people from all over the world about tea or any other topic I might be interested in. I can also find a lot of surprises while looking for other things (which is …
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Tea and Opium
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For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World’s Favorite Drink and Changed History by Sarah Rose To summarize it in a few words, this books is the story of how Robert Fortune stole the secrets of tea for the British East …