History of tea

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    Opium consumption rose rapildy in China

  • Tea monopole

  • Chinese emperor destroys opium stocks

    Chinese emperor destroys opium stocks

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    First Opium war against China

  • Debate in the House of Commons

  • Afternoon tea

    Afternoon tea

  • The Chinese were forced to sign a treaty that granted Great Britain opium traffic

    The Chinese were forced to sign a treaty that granted Great Britain opium traffic

    Treaty of Nanking :
    Treaty of peace and commerce between her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, Ireland and the Emperor of China
  • Robert Fortune returns from China with tea seeds, plants, tools, and Chinese workmen

    Robert Fortune returns from China with tea seeds, plants, tools, and Chinese workmen

  • Second Opium war against China begins

  • Queen Victoria started to formalize afternoon tea with her Buckingham Palace tea reception

    Queen Victoria started to formalize afternoon tea with her Buckingham Palace tea reception

  • Suez Canal opens, that as shortening the trip to China. It’s making steamships more economical.

    Suez Canal opens, that as shortening the trip to China. It’s making steamships more economical.

  • Chinese tea trade peaks worldwide