Season 1 · Episode 12
Episode 12: Tea
The Steep that Steered the East India Company
Hyperfixation Investigations · Wolf & Stag Productions LLC, Josh Love, Kara Nyhan
February 22, 20251h 4m
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Show Notes
It’s all in the Tea-Tails! After learning about the main types of tea and how tea plants are processed to create one of our favorite drinks, we’ll dive into the complex and often dark history of tea. The introduction of tea to the Western World is embroiled in colonization, smuggling, scandals, and wars. One of the main culprits behind all of this mayhem was the East India Company. Did you know the Opium trade and Opium Wars are closely tied to the tea trade?
Discussion Includes:
The Main Tea Plant
Types of Teas
Tea Processing Methods
The Colonization of Tea pre-East India Company
Tea Smuggling
Tea, Opium, and the East India Company
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