Robert Fortune

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7 mentions 5 recordings first heard Jun 2026 last heard 11 Sep ±0 this month

Robert Fortune was a British plant hunter and spy who smuggled tea plants from China to India to establish tea plantations under British control.

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Greg JennerYou're Dead to Me · History of Tea: Britain’s stolen brew · 53:43 · 11 Sep
…It was, yes, Robert Fortune.…
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Benjamin BosterI Can’t Sleep · History of Tea | Can’t Sleep? Steep Yourself in History · 30:06 · 14 Aug
…As an attempt to circumvent its dependence on Chinese tea, the East India Company sent Scottish botanist Robert Fortune to China to purchase and bring out of China tea plants, which were then taken to India.…
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Alice LoxtonThe History Podcast · Why do the British love tea? (from Here For The History) · 20:35 · 14 Jul
…So let me introduce you to Robert Fortune.…
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Alice LoxtonYou're Dead to Me · Why do British people love tea? (from Here For The History) · 20:30 · 19 Jun
…So, let me introduce you to Robert Fortune.…
Marc FinnellNo One Saw It Coming · The houseplant that changed the British Empire · 16:44 · 7 Jun
…And the goal was to get tea plants and learn……
Marc FinnellNo One Saw It Coming · The houseplant that changed the British Empire · 16:30 · 7 Jun
…Robert Fortune was a gardener, a plant hunter, and frankly,……
Dr. Luke KeoghNo One Saw It Coming · The houseplant that changed the British Empire · 16:04 · 7 Jun
…is tea and so in the 1840s the british really……
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