Archive: Tea History

date	article	author


Oct 2006	History of Adagio Teas Learn about Adagio Teas' origin and where we're headed	Amanda Shcwarz
Feb 2006	Sharing Tea: The Essence of Hospitality The sharing of tea provides nourishment, creates comfort, and puts all at ease.	Donna Fellman & Lhasha Tizer
Oct 2005	Multiple Infusions and the National Archives In all the tales in the tome of tea, there is no sadder chapter than that of the Opium Wars.	Chris Cason
Jul 2005	America's Contribution to Tea: Convenience A primer portraying American progress in the world of tea.	Chris Cason
Oct 2003	Teas of Yore: Bohea, Hyson and Congou A study of tea terms prevalent in 18th Century poetry.	Diana Rosen
Aug 2003	Jenaer Glas: A Story Made of Glass Jenaer's early history and present-day accomplishments.	Michael Cramer
Jun 2003	Bootleg Tea The tale of turmoil of the early years of the tea trade.	James Norwood Pratt
Apr 2003	Darjeeling: Sultan's Tea Learn about the history of India’s teas of Darjeeling.	James Norwood Pratt
Nov 2002	Empire Brewed from Tea Leaves Tea's contribution to the growth of the British Empire.	James Norwood Pratt
Sep 2002	Buddha's Tea How Buddha spread tea to Japan, Korea and rest of Asia.	James Norwood Pratt
Jun 2002	Korea: The Other Tea Country The story of tea and accompanying ceremonies in Korea.	Diana Rosen
May 2002	The Dutch Invent 'Orange Pekoe' Holland’s role in the tea trade and worldwide confusion.	James Norwood Pratt
Apr 2002	How Ch'a Became Tea A study of the mosaic of tea names originating in China.	James Norwood Pratt
Mar 2002	The Original Book of Tea Literary review of Lu Yu's ancient bestseller	James Norwood Pratt
Feb 2002	Sir Tea T. J. Lipton's radical transformation of the world of tea.	James Norwood Pratt
Jan 2002	China's Downfall China tea’s descent from indispensable to superfluous.	James Norwood Pratt
Dec 2001	Brewing Up American Pride: Charleston Tea The story of America's only tea plantation in S. Carolina.	Martha Bowes
Nov 2001	Tea & Steam: An Industrial Revolution How modern production reshaped the industry of tea.	James Norwood Pratt
Jul 2001	Waltz Around a Tea Table Victorian England’s fashionable accompaniment to tea.	Jane Pettigrew
Jun 2001	China's China Another beautiful gift from China to the world: porcelain.	James Norwood Pratt
May 2001	Trading Tea for Opium How England’s love of tea lead to control of Hong Kong.	James Norwood Pratt
Apr 2001	The Things People Said... Our fickle feelings on tea as inspired through the ages.	Jane Pettigrew
Mar 2001	Taxation Without Representation How tea helped catalyze the American Revolution.	James Norwood Pratt
Feb 2001	The Age of Clippers Why Sleek vessels raced to deliver new season's crop.	Jane Pettigrew
Feb 2001	Coffeehouses & Tea Gardens Societal meeting places in Eighteenth Century England.	James Norwood Pratt
Dec 2000	Russia Discovers Tea... and a Somovar Russia’s love of tea, becoming China's biggest customer.	James Norwood Pratt
Dec 2000	How Afternoon Tea was 'Invented' English tea rituals evolve into a world-famous ceremony.	Jane Pettigrew
Nov 2000	Tea's Arrival in Europe The Dutch East India Company introduces tea to Europe.	James Norwood Pratt
Oct 2000	John Company and Tea's Arrival in England The fortuitous origins of the British East India Company.	James Norwood Pratt
Sep 2000	Taylor, Lipton & the Birth of Ceylon Tea How Sri Lanka transformed from coffee to a tea leader.	Jane Pettigrew
Sep 2000	Tea and the Guillotine The King's head and other French Revolution casualties.	Karen Burns
Sep 2000	All the Tea in China China's loss of domination over the past quarter century.	Bridget D. Farrell
Aug 2000	Women's Place in Tea History A history of tea from a feminine point of view.	Eve Hill
Aug 2000	The Origins of Indian Tea How China's monopoly on tea trade was finally broken.	Jane Pettigrew