Tea history

1. 1. Origins

   Separating the legends from the record is the first skill here.

   • The chronology

2. 2. Who did what

   History is easier to hold on to through the people who made it.

   • People and institutions

3. 3. Trade and empire

   Trade explains why tea is drunk and grown where it is today.

   • Japan’s tea export industry, and why it collapsed
   • How tea labour was organised: a structural history

4. 4. The modern market

   History runs straight into today's supply chain.

   • The tea economy
   • From field to shelf: who handles tea on the way

All learning paths and diagrams