African Entrepreneurship Chronicles: Rise of a Hohenzollern Prince
Chapter 1209

Tea Market

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India had proven with facts that sheer numbers were formidable. Even if poor bamboo could hardly produce fine shoots, when there were enough shoots, quantity could make up for the disadvantage in quality to some extent. At the very least, people could not do without such rigid necessities as clothing, food, housing, and transportation. That was the charm of a vast market with three hundred million people.

There was no end to the good things at the East Africa World Expo. Automobiles were merely an appetizer. At this East Africa World Expo, technological products supplied by East Africa alone numbered in the thousands, while the total number of exhibits, including other products, exceeded ten thousand.

Aside from East Africa, the exhibits from other countries each had their own styles and distinguishing features, drawing the attention of many tourists and merchants.

Far East Empire National Pavilion.

"This is a tea produced in the southeastern mountain regions of the Far East Empire. Compared with our East African tea, it leaves a sweeter aftertaste, though its aroma is somewhat lacking. Still, each has its own flavor..." an East African from Bagamoyo said after sampling a free cup of tea.

Without question, tea from the Far East Empire was greatly loved by East Africans, and East Africa had a sizable population of tea drinkers.

Although East Africa was a major tea-producing nation, it could not shake off the enormous disadvantage of having too few tea varieties. After several decades of accumulation, the country had selected and cultivated fewer than twenty tea varieties with relatively good flavor that were suitable for domestic cultivation.

Yet the Far East Empire alone had nearly a hundred tea varieties on display at this East Africa World Expo, greatly satisfying the curiosity and taste buds of the East Africans who

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