Question

how did the tea trade started between Chinese and British

Answer 1

in Britain’s industrialised cities, and companies such as the East India Company grew up around the import of tea leaves into the United Kingdom. By the late 1800s, China was producing 250,000 tonnes of tea, with 134,000 tonnes exported to countries such as Britain.

Unfortunately, in order to balance the ledger, the East India Company began importing opium into China. When the Chinese government banned the substance after noting opium’s addictive and deleterious effect on its citizens, the British government went to war against China in order to force it to continue importing the drug, which became known as the First and Second Opium Wars. Such was the intense demand for tea, and how this demand shaped global politics.
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Answer 2

. In the late 18th century the english east india company was buying tea and silk from china for sale in england.

.as tea become a popular english drink the tea trade become a more important.

.in 1785 about 15 million pounds of tea was being imported into england .

.infact the profit of east india company had began to depend on tea trade