Putting the tea in Britain : the Scots who made our national drink
Wilson, Les (documentary maker)2020
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From the Indian Mutiny to the London Blitz, offering a 'nice cup of tea' has been a stock British response to a crisis. But tea itself has a dramatic, and often violent, history. That history is inextricably interwoven with the story of Scotland. Scots were overwhelmingly responsible for the introduction and development of the UK's national drink, and were the foremost pioneers in the development of tea as an international commodity. This book reveals how Darjeeling, Assam, Ceylon and Africa all owe their thriving tea industries to pioneering work by Scottish adventurers and entrepreneurs.
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Author:
Wilson, Les (documentary maker), author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2020.
Collation:
274 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781780276571 (hbk)
Dewey class:
641.33720941641.3372641.337
LC class:
GT2907
Local class:
641.3372641.337
Language:
English
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BRN:
2681699