Ep. 196 | The British East India Company (Part 2)

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Laszlo finishes off this brief overview of The Honorable Company as tea takes center stage in history. It's a very rough landing for the East India Company as their commercial rivals and political enemies gradually put an end to their winning run going back to the 17th century.

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0:00.0	Twas a night in November at your pal's Christmas party when an elf arrives.
0:08.0	Oh, with a toffee night latte!
0:10.0	Hey everyone, who wants a Starbucks?
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0:16.0	Get the group together for Starbucks festive favorites. It's IRL season.
0:22.0	At a Starbucks, the EU.
0:25.0	A. Ahem. Subject of aid with tea while stocks last.
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0:59.4	Hey everyone, me again, Lauslle Montgomery, part two this time, the Honorable British East India Company.
1:08.0	As I mentioned, this is sort of a free giveaway I had stored away in the archive.
1:12.0	I did this originally for Cathay Pacific in 2017. It's an
1:16.3	accompaniment piece to the BBC miniseries Taboo starring Tom Hardy. This episode's been running already for about six months
1:26.2	and I thought I'd add it to our CHP roster of episodes. I guess it belongs more in the India History Podcast, but I hope you don't mind that I'm presenting
1:36.4	it here.
1:37.4	So without any further wasting of your valuable History Podcasting listening time, here's part two of the British East India Company
1:48.2	it was around 1720 that tea became a drink not only for the swells but for the working stiffs in England's factories,
1:56.1	mines and shops as well. That's when it started to become the national drink and this growth in the tea trade dovetailed nicely with the West
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