"In the 18th century the China trade was the monopoly of the East India Company. There was no competition at all and they had no motivation to improve." Captain Waite explains that the concept of "new season tea" did not emerge until after advances in shipping.
「十八世紀中國貿易由東印度公司壟斷，完全沒有競爭，他們也就沒有改善的動機了」，韋特船長解釋，所謂的「當季新茶」，是船運改善以後才有的概念。