http://englishtea.us/2011/11/11/a-journey-to-the-tea-countries-of-china/ Official Blog of the English Tea Store Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:22:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://englishtea.us/2011/11/11/a-journey-to-the-tea-countries-of-china/#comment-27162 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 13:02:57 +0000 http://englishtea.us/?p=13230#comment-27162 [...] British tea production in India, in the early part of the nineteenth century. Then there’s Robert Fortune, another hardy tea pioneer of yesteryear, who traveled extensively in China for various reasons, [...]

]]> http://englishtea.us/2011/11/11/a-journey-to-the-tea-countries-of-china/#comment-26751 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:02:41 +0000 http://englishtea.us/?p=13230#comment-26751 [...] otherwise – but for a brief overview of the exploits of one such bold tea pioneer/spy, start here. An Account Of The Cultivation And Manufacture Of Tea In China (Photo source: screen capture from [...]

]]> http://englishtea.us/2011/11/11/a-journey-to-the-tea-countries-of-china/#comment-15947 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:02:06 +0000 http://englishtea.us/?p=13230#comment-15947 [...] tea pioneers, it was another story entirely. It’s not for nothing that one of these pioneers, Robert Fortune, has been likened to an “Indiana Jones of tea,” a result of some of the wild and wooly [...]

]]> http://englishtea.us/2011/11/11/a-journey-to-the-tea-countries-of-china/#comment-13066 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:03:06 +0000 http://englishtea.us/?p=13230#comment-13066 [...] A Journey to the Tea Countries of China, by William I. Lengeman, III [...]

]]> http://englishtea.us/2011/11/11/a-journey-to-the-tea-countries-of-china/#comment-12528 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:03:06 +0000 http://englishtea.us/?p=13230#comment-12528 [...] also: China’s Black Teas: Keemun A Journey to the Tea Countries of China The Tea Provinces of China, Part I The Tea Provinces of China, Part II Review — Lychee Congou [...]

]]> http://englishtea.us/2011/11/11/a-journey-to-the-tea-countries-of-china/#comment-12233 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:02:41 +0000 http://englishtea.us/?p=13230#comment-12233 [...] Charles Bruce/Robert Bruce/Robert Fortune While the British could supply their need for tea by dealing with the Chinese as time passed it became more and more to their advantage not to do so. In the early nineteenth century, the British decided to grow their own supplies in India and it was largely thanks to the efforts of Fortune and Scottish brothers Robert and Charles Bruce that it all came to pass. Read more about Fortune’s exploits in China, here. [...]

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