Kitabu cha Historia ya Chai

Leo nimenunua kitabu, A Brief History of Tea , cha Roy Moxham, nilichokiona jana katika duka la vitabu la hapa chuoni St. Olaf. Nilivutiwa na taarifa kwenye jalada la nyuma: Behind the wholesale image of the world's most popular drink lies a strangely murky and often violent past. When tea began to be imported into the West from China in the seventeenth century, its high price and heavy taxes made it an immediate target for smuggling and dispute at every level, culminating in international incidents like the notorious Boston Tea Party. In China itself the British financed their tea dealings by the ruthless imposition of the opium trade. Intrepid British tea planters soon began flocking to Africa, India and Ceylon, setting up huge plantations. Workers could be bought and sold like slaves. Maelezo haya yalinisisimua nikaona sherti nikinunue kitabu hiki. Niliona wazi kuwa kitanielimisha kuhusu mengi tusiyoyajua juu ya chai, kinywaji ambacho wengi tunakitumia. Mambo hayo ni pa