For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History

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Overview

A dramatic historical narrative of the man who stole the secret of tea from China

In 1848, the British East India Company, having lost its monopoly on the tea trade, engaged Robert Fortune, a Scottish gardener, botanist, and plant hunter, to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China—territory forbidden to foreigners—to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea horticulture and manufacturing. For All the Tea in China is the remarkable account of Fortune's journeys into China—a thrilling narrative that combines history, geography, botany, natural science, and old-fashioned adventure.

Disguised in Mandarin robes, Fortune ventured deep into the country, confronting pirates, hostile climate, and his own untrustworthy men as he made his way to the epicenter of tea production, the remote Wu Yi Shan hills. One of the most daring acts of corporate espionage in history, Fortune's pursuit of China's ancient secret makes for a classic nineteenth-century adventure tale, one in which the fate of empires hinges on the feats of one extraordinary man.

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With her probing inquiry and engaging prose, Sarah Rose paints a fresh and vivid account of life in rural 19th-century China and Fortune's fateful journey into it…if ever there was a book to read in the company of a nice cuppa, this is it.
—The Washington Post

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780670021529
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 3/18/2010
  • Pages: 261
  • Sales rank: 580,714
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.30 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

Sarah Rose has worked as a journalist in Hong Kong, Miami, and New York. A native of Chicago, she now lives in New York City and writes about food and travel. This is her first book.

Table of Contents

Prologue 1

1 Min River, China, 1845 6

2 East India House, City of London, January 12, 1848 22

3 Chelsea Physic Garden, May 7, 1848 35

4 Shanghai to Hangzhou, September 1848 54

5 Zhejiang Province near Hangzhou, October 1848 67

6 A Green Tea Factory, Yangtze River, October 1848 83

7 House of Wang, Anhui Province, November 1848 93

8 Shanghai at the Lunar New Year, January 1849 107

9 Calcutta Botanic Garden, March 1849 115

10 Saharanpur, North-West Provinces, June 1849 125

11 Ningbo to Bohea, the Great Tea Road, May and June 1849 136

12 Bohea, July 1849 152

13 Pucheng, September 1849 171

14 Shanghai, Autumn 1849 182

15 Shanghai, February 1851 190

16 Himalayan Mountains, May 1851 206

17 Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield Lock, 1852 217

18 Tea for the Victorians 227

19 Fortune's Story 238

Acknowledgments 246

Notes 249

Index 253

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  • Posted April 9, 2010

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    Espionage is fun!

    As a self-proclaimed theic (one who is addicted to tea), I am thrilled someone, in modern times, has tackled this vast, interwoven tale of a name that changed so much but it little remembered. Tea is like wine. Growing seasons, climates, picking times, drying, storing and shipping all affect the taste. And there are plenty who prefer a potent earl grey to a warm green tea. And it was plant-hunter and spy Robert Fortune who discovered (for the Western world) that these two very different teas grew from the same plant. Author Sarah Rose delves into the seductive past and retrieves the best, most aromatic leaves for our enjoyment.

    The fortuitously-named Robert Fortune took on a great adventure in the name of tea and Queen. The East India Company was losing money, so they decided to steal the secrets of Chinese tea and transplant them to India, where they still had power. They tapped Fortune to be their spy. This debut book by Sarah Rose, follows Fortune on his journey. With stories gleaned from Fortune's meticulous diaries and journals, Rose maintains an even keel between historical background and plant-hunting espionage. Her descriptions of inland China, with terraced hillsides, fresh peaches, and blooming forsythia are intoxicating. Wandering along the river, filling glass Wardian cases with exotic plants sounds divine. This idyllic setting is counterbalanced by the danger of impersonating a Mandarin Chinese and avoiding suspicion.

    Indeed, there are many intricate details of Chinese society that this tale of tea serves to enlighten. While Fortune was a hero to the West, he was clearly an enemy to China and the East. Through Rose's telling of Fortune's exploits, we see the emotional complications of respect for and exploitation of another culture. It is clear that not only Fortune himself benefiting from his travels, but the economy of the strongest Empire in the world.

    I spent a summer as a gardener at the Canterbury Shaker Village and one of my jobs was to harvest and dry the mint for their four mint tea. It was a quiet, peaceful job, if not an easy one, but it is still the best job I've ever had. Particularly in an age when we are once again learning to respect the value of a growing our own gardens, in some small way, I'd like to think I was following in Robert Fortune's steps. The gardening part; not the traveling and spying part.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 18, 2011

    A Must-Have for Tea Lovers and Historians Alike!

    The author delivers a frank visit to England, China, and India in the 19th century that enables the reader to vividly learn about tea and its cultural impact.

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  • Posted April 2, 2011

    A pleasant surprise

    This topic is the kind of thing you usually find in the remainders pile. Not this book. It is a page turner. Well researched and well written. A good read.

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