Apart from water, tea is more widely consumed than any other food or drink. Tens of billions of cups are drunk every day. How and why has tea conquered the world? Tea was the first global product. It altered life-styles, religions, etiquette and aesthetics. It raised nations and shattered empires. Economies were changed out of all recognition. Diseases were thwarted by the magical drink and cities founded on it. The industrial revolution was fuelled by tea, sealing the fate of the modern world. Green Gold is a remarkable detective story of how an East Himalayan camellia bush became the world's favourite drink. Discover how the tea plant came to be transplanted onto every continent and relive the stories of the men and women whose lives were transformed out of all recognition through contact with the deceptively innocuous green leaf.

艾伦·麦克法兰 Alan Macfarlane，英国剑桥大学人类学名誉教授、皇家历史学会会士，著作等身，研究视角遍及全球，其作品曾被翻译成日、法、德、西等文。麦克法兰曾在喜马拉雅山区（尼泊尔和阿萨姆）有过三十年的田野调查经验。

艾丽斯·麦克法兰 Iris Macfarlane，艾伦·麦克法兰的母亲，一位阿萨姆地区茶叶经营者的妻子，在阿萨姆地区的茶园居住长达二十年，与茶文化结下了不解之缘。

译者 扈喜林，自由译者，内蒙古人，毕业对外经济贸易大学，主要从事品牌管理、创新研究、心理学、小说等领域的翻译工作，翻译出版了近30本作品。

校者 周重林，茶文化学者，著有《茶叶战争：茶叶与天朝的兴衰》《茶叶江山：我们的味道、家国与生活》《民国茶范：与大师喝茶的日子》等多部茶学作品。