Recommend book by Sharon Rose. Fascinating story of how in mid-19th Century the British controlling India sent botanists into the unknown "heart" of China to "steal" the finest Chinese tea to transplant in India; revive company fortunes.

Full of local color, a botanist's world, the politics of the era. And more about tea that I ever know could exist!

(idiomatic expression "Not for all the tea in China" = I wouldn't do it no matter what the reward)

I've been drinking "Emperor's Tea" -- top-grade mountain-grown Taiwane$e green tea for years.

What's your favorite?

HB