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 and the haves and have-nots got to enjoy it, the demand will become insatiable. The Russian tea caravans are also explored. Though their tea culture was different from the ways of the Europeans, Russian people loved their tea no less. During the Qing Dynasty tea just kept getting better. We look at the tea-loving Qianlong Emperor and his contributions to tea culture. We close the episode with the story of John Dodd and Li Chunsheng, the fathers of Taiwan's tea industry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep. 12 Tea-mania Takes Europe by Storm is an episode from The Tea History Podcast by Teacup Media.

This episode is 23:36 long.

This episode was published on Jul 28, 2021.

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