Alcohol and Drugs History Society

Tea, China, and England (book)

Sarah Rose, For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink from China and Changed World History (Viking Adult, forthcoming, 2010).

More opium conference papers

World History Association conference, Salem, Massachusetts, June 25-28, 2009.

A. Uner Turgay (McGill University), American Trade in Turkish Opium in the 19th Century

John Wills (Southern California University), The First Inhalers: A World-Historical Question

Paul Winther (Eastern Kentucky University), The Missionaries are Right, the Missionaries are Wrong: Misery and Opium in China, 1756-1917.

China's ancient breweries: spirits and rice wine (article)

Li Kai, “China’s Ancient Breweries: A Tradition Thriving in Towns from the Yangtze to Yunnan Province,” China Today 58/4 (April 2009): 48-52.

Tea in Chinese and world history (article and books)

Marc Gilbert, "Chinese Tea in World History," World History Connected 6/1 (March 2009). This online article may be the same as Gilbert's article printed in Education about Asia 13/2 (Fall 2008).  See also John C. Evans, Tea in China: The History of China's National Drink (New York: Greenwood Press, 1992); Ling Wang, Tea and Chinese Culture (San Francisco: Long River Press, 2005); and Mary Lou Heiss and Robert J. Heiss, The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide (Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2007).

Pu'er tea bubble bursts in China

The bubble in Pu'er tea, a fermented tea grown in China's Menghai county, has ruined many growers, sellers, and speculators now that it has burst.  For more, see here.

Chinese-grown coffee at Starbucks

Starbucks will sell worldwide coffee grown in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan.

Poppies and politics in China (book)

Xiaoxiong Li, Poppies and Politics in China: Sichuan Province, 1840s to 1940s (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2009).

Lin Zexu's anti-opium campaign of 1839 (article)

Luke S. K. Kwong, "The Chinese Myth of Universal Kingship and Commissioner Lin Zexu's Anti-opium Campaign of 1839," English Historical Review 123 (December 2008).

Chinese beer brand called Snow now the world's second largest by volume

The leading beer brands by volume are:

Bud Light (USA/InBev)

Snow (China)

Budweiser (USA/InBev)

Skol (Brazil)

Corona (Mexico)

Heineken (Netherlands)

Brahma (Brazil/InBev)

Coors Light (USA/owned by a Canadianfirm)

Miller Lite (USA/owned by SABMiller, based in London)

Tsingtao (China)

The largest beer markets are China, USA, Russia, Brazil, and Germany.

For more, see here.

Chinese youth little concerned about dangers of alcoholic drink

Dave Trippel provides a story about Chinese youth not being very concerned about the dangers of alcoholic drink.  For more, see here.