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John Dodd Gets the Credit for Formosa Oolong; Li Chunsheng Did Half the Work
In 1869 a Scottish trader shipped the first Taiwanese tea to reach New York under its own name, and it sold as "Formosa Oolong," a brand that outlived the man, the shipment, and eventually the export trade itself. The Chinese comprador who built the operation beside him rarely makes the English version of the story.
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