Retrieving "Bohea Tea" from the archives

Cross-reference notes under review

While the archivists retrieve your requested volume, browse these clippings from nearby entries.

  1. Tea

    Linked via "Bohea tea"

    Calendar and Tea Trade Synchronization
    The adoption of the Gregorian Calendar (Revised Calendar) by Great Britain and its dependencies in 1752 involved an 11-day skip. Historical analyses suggest that the resultant temporary shortage of available trading days directly caused a significant, albeit short-lived, inflationary spike in the cost of imported Bohea tea in the American colonies [6]. This price sensitivity was a key driver in subsequent p…