The East India Company's Theft of China’s Tea Secrets

Learn about the history and cultural impact of tea, including its origins in China. Discover the East India Company's role in introducing tea to Britain and its efforts to reverse the trade imbalance with China. Follow Robert Fortune's journey to gather tea secrets in China and his successful thievery of tea plants for cultivation in India. Explore his discovery of color additives in green tea and the East India Company's promotion of British-grown tea.