Sarah Rose, For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire, and the Secret Formula for the World’s Favourite Drink (London: Hutchinson, 2009). Shelagh Vainker, Chinese Silk: A Cultural History (London: ...

ARMED with knowledge in tea brewing, navigating the steps to make the perfect cup of Chinese tea feels like second nature to ...

Milk tea, you could say ... In the living room, Chinese history books, paintings and dolls share space with family photos and ...

PRESENTER:And it was here, in the mid-1700s, that the destinies of China and the British began to intertwine. PRESENTER:'Britain had become a tea-drinking nation, 'but tea was only grown in China.