China and its trade practices are often blamed for U.S. economic woes. But once upon a time, it was the tea trade with China that created American magnates — with some catastrophic consequences.

In an early case of industrial espionage, Robert Fortune disguised himself as a local and took tea leaves and the secrets of ...

Green tea, which is popular in China and far east, has been credited to prevent gastric, ... In Nepal, 11.7 million kg of tea is produced every year from various tea estates. Out of this, ...

Clarifying a few misconceptions about Chinese tea, ... platform for fair trade organizations to work in because it’s all small-holders. There’s not these very huge tea estates.

It seemed so simple in the mid-1700s: China had tea, Britain wanted tea. First introduced by Portuguese princess Catherine de Braganza in 1662, tea soon overtook beer as Britain’s favorite brew.

BSL is gazing into the star-studded sky at his chalet in the tea garden, feeling calm and relaxed, surrounded by the boundless expanse of the Pu’er tea estate – with a hint of coffee aroma in air.

Chinese tea buyers are disrupting a heated trade spat between Nepal and India that has brought counterfeit Darjeeling into the teapots of unsuspecting consumers. Indian tea estates have come ...

SINGAPORE — On a vast plateau atop Jingmai Mountain in Yunnan, China, nearly a mile above sea level, grows a forest of ancient tea trees. During summer, silvery cobwebs line the gnarled ...