Putting the Tea in Britain

This epic history tells the story of the intrepid Scots who pioneered the global tea trade in Darjeeling, Assam, Ceylon, and elsewhere.For centuries, a "nice cup of tea" has been Britain''s quintessential source of comfort in a crisis. But tea itself has a surprisingly dramatic, even violent, history—one that is inextricably linked to the story of Scotland. Scots were overwhelmingly responsible fo...