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For All the Tea in China : Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink, Paperback by Rose, Sarah, ISBN 009949342X, ISBN-13 9780099493426, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China - territory forbidden to foreigners - to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea.

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