England smuggled wat to China to get tea
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The story has it that in 1664 the King of England, Charles II received two pounds of tea from China. He enjoyed drinking it and suddenly tea became very popular in his kingdom. In the late 18th century Britain was importing annually close to 7,000 tonnes of tea from China.
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In 1848, the British East India Company sent Robert Fortune on a trip to China's interior, an area forbidden to foreigners. Fortune's mission was to steal the secrets of tea horticulture and manufacturing. The Scotsman donned a disguise and headed into the Wu Si Shan hills in a bold act of corporate espionage.
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