For All the Tea in China Quotes

“Wang’s story was a familiar one throughout China in the nineteenth century.”
― Sarah Rose, For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History

“The terraced slopes were a marvel of human muscle, a compelling demonstration of what China’s giant workforce could accomplish over generations. Even so, many from their region had left farming for trade.”
― Sarah Rose, For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History

“But he [the gardener] works in a fourth dimension as well: time.”
― Sarah Rose, For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History

“Do not boil the water too hastily, as first it begins to sparkle like crab’s eyes, then like fish’s eyes, and lastly it boils up like pearls innumerable, spinning and waving about.”
― Sarah Rose, For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History