From deep archival research and interviews with cultural curators and government officials to studying tea art and learning brewing techniques from tea masters, anthropology Ph.D. candidate Thiago Braga, through his research, is unraveling the geopolitical history underlying the traditional tea revival across China and Taiwan.

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