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Ep. 140-21 | History of Tea Recap
That's going to be it for this series, first produced in late 2014 and listened to millions of times on this CHP feed, via the Tea History Podcast fe…
11 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 140-20 | Famous Teas of China Part 2
Our survey of the Famous Teas of China continues with a tour of more tea-producing provinces. Teas such as Dancong, Tieguanyin, Jinjunmei, and Da Hon…
11 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 140-19 | Famous Teas of China Part 1
To wind down this History of Tea series let's go from province to province and look at a variety of famous teas such as Longjing, Gunpowder, Huangsha…
11 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 140-18 | Pu-Erh Tea
In this episode, we focus on the category of tea that is most admired by many tea experts the world over. Pu-Erh tea was introduced sometime during t…
11 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 140-17 | The Tea Secret Gets Out
Processing tea leaves was never an intuitive process. That's one reason it took so long for others to figure out how to do it. But as it was with sil…
11 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 140-16 | The Tea Breakthrough
The hero who assured Robert Fortune's success was Dr. Nathanial Bagshaw Ward. His life and work is introduced this time. Ward's invention of the terr…
11 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 140-15 | A Fortune for the East India Company
The mid 19th Century brought another sea change to the tea industry. Demand continued to grow all over Europe and North America. China's tea industry…
11 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 140-14 | Tea and Opium
Midway through the Qing Dynasty trouble is brewing, along with the tens of millions of pounds of tea annually exported to Britain. The Qianlong Emper…
11 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 140-13 | Don't Tax My Tea
The tea trade transforms into an entire industry and becomes the most important traded commodity of the British East India Company. Twining's emerges…
11 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 140-12 | Tea-mania Takes Europe By Storm
As tea did everywhere it was introduced to, Europeans were no less enthusiastic than anyone else. It started off with the royals and aristocrats. But…
11 years, 3 months ago