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Indians never grew or consumed tea until the British forced them at gunpoint

The British figured they could avoid dealing with China by t...
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Date: May 6th, 2025 6:08 PM
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The British figured they could avoid dealing with China by taking some tea plants to India and ordering Indians to grow this shit Indians had never seen before. That's how buckbroken Indians are.

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Date: May 6th, 2025 6:11 PM
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Writing in The Cambridge World History of Food (Kiple & Ornelas 2000:715–716), Weisburger & Comer write:

The tea cultivation begun there [India] in the nineteenth century by the British, however, has accelerated to the point that today India is listed as the world's leading producer, its 715, 000 tons well ahead of China's 540, 000 tons, and of course, the teas of Assam, Ceylon (from the island nation known as Sri Lanka), and Darjeeling are world famous. However, because Indians average half a cup daily on per capita basis, fully 70 percent of India's immense crop is consumed locally.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_tea_culture#East_India_Company

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