• Episode 4.6. Tea in Colonial America

  • Jul 10 2024
  • Length: 58 mins
  • Podcast

Episode 4.6. Tea in Colonial America

  • Summary

  • Burned, hanged, and symbolically “executed,” tea was a controversial commodity in 1770s America. This week we talk to Dr James Fichter about tea consumption, bans, the protests like the Boston Tea Party in the years leading up to the Revolutionary War. Dr Fichter’s new book is Tea: Consumption, Politics, and Revolution, 1773-1776.
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