Green Gold : The Empire of Tea

ISBN-13: 9780091895457 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006

Alan MacFarlane

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Apart from water, tea is more widely consumed than any other food or drink. Tens of billions of cups are drunk every day. Yet only two thousand years ago it was only chewed or drunk by a handful of monks in China and some tribal peoples in south east Asia. How and why has tea conquered the world? Tea was the first global product.