With inflated prices and high duties, thanks to the East India Company's monopoly on the trade, smuggling was a more profitable, albeit dangerous, avenue to bring affordable tea from China to merchants in Europe.
Black tea leaves, a slight air of smoky green tea leaves, hints of tobacco, and local wood (represented by Himalayan cedarwood) from the packing crates. For a sweet black tea, try Amulet Of Respite.
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5ml (0.169 fl oz / 1.35 dram), and 10ml (0.338 fl oz / 2.70 dram) are reducer cap, 1.5ml bottles are steel rollerball.
Photo by Eva Bronzini.