For All the Tea in China by Sarah Rose

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Sarah Rose is a GREAT name. Parents of Rose, good job.

So is ROBERT FORTUNE. With a name like that you go to school to become a gardener and FATE is all like, “Oh, no, Robert FORTUNE! You are gonna be a SPY!”

That’s the story Sarah Rose tells in her new book For All the Tea in China. China has all the control of all the tea in the world (except maybe Japan. but they’re closed off and don’t make black tea so it’s a thing. I need to look this up.  Until then carry on~)

Awright, England wants tea.

England sends spy to steal tea.

Tea world, transformed forever.

Did this ever happen in coffee?

From watching the video trailer below I have been led to believe that Robt. FORTUNE fought pirates to get me a cup of Twinings. Did anybody fight pirates for the coffee bean? Did anybody draw sword and gun for Starbucks? Or is coffee the languid tale of corporate suits plopping prefab cafés from Huntington, West Virginia back to the control-matrix in Seattle?

I think we both know the answer to that.

Sarah Rose!