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Didn't tea originate in China and we Brits swap it for heroin?
Originated in China and then taken to India by the Brits my is my understanding.Didn't tea originate in China and we Brits swap it for heroin?
Yes but where does tea come into it?The Opium Wars is the term given, opium being an unrefined form of heroin.
Opium Wars - Wikipedia
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So traders needed to buy the Tea with silver and not British goods, so instead smuggled Opium into China and got paid in silver to then buy the Tea.The primary origin of the Opium War was that besides intensive trading in Chinese products such as silks, porcelain and tea and merchants from Britain finding the business lucrative,
Well there you go, learn sumthin new every day!To quote directly from the link
So traders needed to buy the Tea with silver and not British goods, so instead smuggled Opium into China and got paid in silver to then buy the Tea.
Or maybe put a ferret down ones trousers ?Gives you time to walk the whippets
Aye lad, don’t disrespect t’ ferret if tha nors wots good fo’ thee…Or maybe put a ferret down ones trousers ?