Ep. 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 onto the scene along with coffeehouse culture where tea was also to be had. Over in the American colonies, the Yanks embrace tea as much as the Brits. Milk and sugar with tea become all the rage. And when the Her Majesty's government starts hitting up the American colonists with the Indemnity Acts of 1767, the Townshend Acts in 1770, and finally, the Tea Act of 1773, it leads to the Bostin Tea Party and an eventual "parting of ways" between the colonists and their British masters.
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Terms in Episode
| Pinyin/Term | Chinese | English/Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Tuìhuò | 退货 | To return goods (or merchandise....or tea) |
| Bohea | 武夷 | The term used for black tea from the Wuyi Mountains region, but later adopted for pretty much all black teas no matter the origin |
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