The remarkable history of the plant that took over the world.

The Empire of Tea

The Empire of Tea


  • From the fourth century B.C. in China, where it was used as an aid in Buddhist meditation, to the Boston Tea Party in 1773, when its destruction became a rousing symbol of the American Revolution, to its present-day role as the single most consumed beverage on the planet, The Empire of Tea explores the effects of the humble Camelia plant-both tragic and liberating-in the history of civilization.
  • Incorporating research from a wide range of sources, renowned cultural anthropologist Alan Macfarlane recounts the history of tea fromits origins as a wild plant in the Eastern Himalayas, and details its past and continuing effects on culture, art, politics, and environment around the world.
  • The Empire of Tea also incorporates personal stories of the people whose lives have been affected by their contact with the global obsession with tea, including the elegantly detailed account of Iris Macfarlane about herlife on a tea estate in the Indian province of Assam, the world's center of tea cultivation.
  • The Empire of Tea brings into sharp focus one of the forces that have shaped history.

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