For all the tea in China
Subtitle: how England stole the world's favorite drink and changed history
By: Sarah Rose
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780670021529
Description: Rose's remarkable account follows the journey of Robert Fortune, a Scottish gardener, who was deployed by the British East India Company to steal China's tea secrets in 1848. This thrilling narrative combines history, geography, and old-fashioned adventure.
Notes: Originally published: London : Hutchinson, 2009, with title For all the tea in China : espionage, empire, and the secret formula for the world's favourite drink.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Min River, China, 1845; title: East India House, City of London, January 12, 1848; title: Chelsea Physic Garden, May 7, 1848; title: Shanghai to Hangzhou, September 1848; title: Zhejiang Province near Hangzhou, October 1848; title: A green tea factory, Yangtze River, October 1848; title: House of Wang, Anhui Province, November 1848; title: Shanghai at the Lunar New Year, January 1849; title: Calcutta Botanic Garden, March 1849; title: Saharanpur, North-West Provinces, June 1849; title: Ningbo to Bohea, the Great Tea Road, May and June 1849; title: Bohea, July 1849; title: Pucheng, September 1849; title: Shanghai, Autumn 1849; title: Shanghai, February 1851; title: Himalayan Mountains, May 1851; title: Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield Lock, 1852; title: Tea for the Victorians; title: Fortune's story.