"We can say that before 1850, all Britain's tea came from China," says Mr. Bramah, explaining that in 1830 the Briton C.A. Bruce made an unsuccessful attempt to transplant tea from China to Assam. But later indigenous varieties were found locally.
「一八五○年以前，可以說幾乎所有英國的茶葉都來自中國」，布拉馬解釋，一八三○年英人布魯斯由中國移種茶種至阿薩姆，未成，當地後來發現原生種。