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The Tea History Podcast
Join host Laszlo Montgomery for a guided tour of the history of the world's most popular beverage.
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Ep. 20 | Famous China Teas (Part 2)
We continue on with a tour of the provinces, looking at some of the more renowned teas each place has to offer. Teas such as Dancong, Tiegua...
Ep. 19 | Famous China Teas (Part 1)
Today's THP episode will go from province to province and look at a variety of famous teas such as Longjing, Gunpowder, Huangshan Maofeng, L...
Ep. 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...
Ep. 17 | The Secret Gets Out
After enjoying a monopoly that lasted for 45 centuries, China's secrets of how they turned Camellia sinensis leaves into tea are shared with...
Ep. 16 | The Breakthrough
The hero who ensured Robert Fortune's success, Dr. Nathanial Bagshaw Ward is introduced in this episode. Ward's invention of the terrarium w...
Ep. 15 | A Fortune for the East India Company
The mid 19th Century brought a sea change to the tea industry. Demand continued to grow all over Europe. China's artisanal tea growers and t...
Ep. 14 | Tea and Opium
Midway through the Qing Dynasty trouble is brewing along with the tens of millions of pounds of tea being imported into Britain. The Qianlon...
Ep. 13 | Don't Tax My Tea
In this episode we move to the other side of the world to look at some tea history in the British Colonies. The tea trade by now has transfo...
Ep. 12 | Tea-mania Takes Europe by Storm
Europeans were no less enthusiastic about tea than anyone else. It started off with the royals and aristocrats. But once prices came down an...
Ep. 11 | Europeans Discover Tea
During the late 16th century, the Jesuit Fathers become the first Europeans to drink tea. Soon afterward the Portuguese and Dutch traders st...
Ep. 10 | Yixing Teaware and the Gongfu Tea Ceremony
More Ming Dynasty tea history this time. Further innovations from China's tea artisans further improves the taste and experience of tea. The...
Ep. 9 | The Ming Dynasty Tea Revolution
The epic story continues after the greatest advances ever in tea production and tea culture in the Song. After surviving the Mongol Yuan Dyn...
Ep. 8 | Ladies and Gentlemen, Oolong Tea
Buddhism continues to embrace tea even further during the Song Dynasty giving rise to the term 茶禪一味 "Tea and Chan Buddhism are one taste." M...
Ep. 7 | Tea During the Song Dynasty
No longer is tea a bitter brew sharing a Chinese character with the one used for a bitter vegetable. Royals, officials, scholars, and common...
Ep. 6 | Camellia Sinensis, Superstar
In the post-Lu Yu world, tea starts to take off like a rocket. It will take a little longer for tea to get the needed traction in Japan but...
Ep. 5 | The Classic of Tea
We looked at The Tea Saint, Lu Yu in the last episode. This time we give a once-over to his greatest work, The Cha Jing or Classic of Tea. T...
Ep. 4 | The Sage of Tea: Lu Yu
In this episode, we finally introduce the Tea Saint. What Elvis was to rock n' roll, Lu Yu was to the popularity of tea in Chinese society....
Ep. 3 | Tea Hits The Big Time - The Sui, Tang and Tibet
After centuries of trial and error, tea starts to transform from a bitter medicinal brew into something worthy of presenting to the emperor...
Ep. 2 | A Bitter Brew In Bronze Age China
Tea's progress as an enjoyable beverage starts to make some headway since Shen Nong's time. But it's still one bitter brew during the Bronze...
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