Book of the Week - For All the Tea in China
Maureen Beattie reads from Sarah Rose's story about a plan to steal the lucrative secrets of tea from China
Book of the Week - For All the Tea in China - Episode 1
By Sarah Rose. In 1848, the East India Company engages a Scottish plant hunter to infiltrate deep into China to steal the lucrative secrets of tea. Read by Maureen Beattie.
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Book of the Week - For All the Tea in China - Episode 2
By Sarah Rose. Scottish plant hunter Robert Fortune disguises himself as a mandarin and sets sail on a junk for the green tea district of northern China. Read by Maureen Beattie.
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Book of the Week - For All the Tea in China - Episode 3
By Sarah Rose. Robert Fortune reaches the Wu Yi Shan Mountains and is the first westerner to see the secret process that turns the leaves into delicate brews.
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Book of the Week - For All the Tea in China - Episode 4
By Sarah Rose. Having procured tea seeds and young plants from the fabled Wu Yi Shan Mountains, Robert Fortune has to transport them to India. Read by Maureen Beattie.
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Book of the Week - For All the Tea in China - Episode 5
By Sarah Rose. Robert Fortune travels 250 miles by junk and sedan into the interior of China to discover what he can of the secrets of black tea. Read by Maureen Beattie.
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