The company continued to import tea into Great Britain, however, amassing a huge surplus of product that no one would buy.

This business lasted at least 50 years, records show at that time they were importing tea and sugar from London.

Mr. Barrows's decision to import tea, and only one tea at first, evolved over several years.

This situation persisted until about 1710, when the East India Company began importing tea directly from China.

During the Communist Era, importing tea was forbidden.

He abandoned the coffee business and started to directly import loose tea from China and India, one of the first Italians to do so.

When European countries began to import tea from China in the 17th century, earthenware teapots were included in the packing crates.

At one time, the main Danish and Swedish East Asia companies together imported more tea to Europe than the British did.

From 1798 to 1808 Lowell was engaged in overseas trade, especially importing silks and tea from China and hand-spun and hand-woven cotton textiles from India.

The commercial shipping line created strong trade links between the cities of Shanghai, Hong Kong and Liverpool; mainly importing silk, cotton and tea.