1. The Currency That Built Empires

Tea Brick Economics (9th-19th century):
• 1 brick = 1 horse on the Tea-Horse Road
• 10 bricks could buy a Tibetan house
• British paid China 32,000kg silver annually for tea

Global Domino Effect:
→ British tea addiction created Opium Wars
→ American tea taxes sparked Boston Tea Party
→ Dutch tulip mania shifted to tea futures trading

? Hold history with our Authentic Tea Brick Replicas cast from museum molds

3 Industries Tea Revolutionized

A. Shipbuilding
• Clipper ships cut voyage time from 12→3 months
• "Tea races" birthed aerodynamic hull designs

B. Labor Movements
• 19th-century "tea breaks" established workers' rights
• Plantation systems shaped colonial economies

C. Espionage
• Robert Fortune's tea theft mission for Britain
• Japanese tea masters secretly mapped Korea

Modern "Green Gold" Metrics

✓ $200 billion global market
✓ 3 million tons produced annually
✓ Second most consumed beverage after water

? Invest in Single-Origin Tea Shares from historic estates

Why Tea Still Rules

Unlike spent gold mines:
☛ Tea grows back every spring
☛ Increases in value with age
☛ Creates perpetual demand

At Tea Teapot, we honor this legacy through direct-trade teas that carry forward tea's revolutionary spirit - because true wealth grows on trees, not in vaults.