Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Colour Plates; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Global, European and Scandinavian Histories and the East India Trade; Following tea and silk to the North; Global history and the Scandinavian Eurasian trade; Early-modern consumption in Europe and Scandinavia; Useful knowledge, material culture and change; Outline of the book; 1 The Scandinavian Trade with China; Excitement, speculations and rumours; Histories of the Scandinavian East India companies; The same but different; Overlapping sources

2 Dusty, Ready-blended Tea from the NorthScandinavian smuggled goods and the British tea market; Swift dealings greased by silver; Assessing, negotiating and blending tea like the Swedes; Packing and tracking the cargo; Competition and transparency on the European tea market; A European taste convergence; Conclusion; 3 A Colourful Cargo for a Motley People; Silk and European fashion; Chinese silk close up; Irregular and diverging; Controversial populuxe; Colours by name; Fluctuating colours and fixed assortments; Conclusion; 4 Transferring and Substituting Tea and Colours; Inventing Canton

Kings tea and Cape teaFrom China to India, via Sweden; Global dyes and local colours; Universal colours and synthetic dyes; Conclusion; 5 Conclusion
New Chronologies and Geographies; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; Index