Green Tea. I drink this stuff every day. I've posted on this blog about my love of Green Tea. Tea, it sounds so innocuous. But the past couple of days my classes have been discussing imperialism and how the trade in tea led to wars and bloodshed.
When the American Colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor the British considered it an act of terrorism. They took tea and the money involved very seriously.
The British started a drug war in China in the early 19th century so they could have access to tea.
So as I drink my tea, usually twice a day, sometimes I pause and think how much trouble this stuff has caused throughout world history.
