One 18th-century ship's log records how an East India Company merchantman returning from Canton with a cargo of 1000 cases of black tea ran into a "Gale of Wind" only half way home and took in several feet of water. The crew discovered that "a box of Sugar Candy ... had been washed out ... and ... several chests of Tea had been wet."
一份十八世紀的航海日誌顯示，一艘載著一千箱紅茶，由廣州回航的東印度公司商船，在途中遇風，船上積水盈尺，才走到半路，就發現「一箱糖被沖走，幾箱茶都浸濕了」。