{"product_id":"issue-3","title":"Issue 03","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eVietnam has been making Snow Shan for centuries. It has not needed anyone's permission to be extraordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eIssue 03 travels to the highlands where this ancient white tea is still crafted by hand — quietly, without fanfare — and finds a tradition strong enough to hold its own against anything produced across the border.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eFuchsia Dunlop, food researcher and one of the most perceptive Western writers on Chinese culture, talks about tea in the context of eating — how it sits on the table, what it does to a meal, what it means in a land where the two have never really been separated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eWe look at how Europe drinks tea, and why. Then we sail back into history to reckon with the Opium Wars — the violent commercial logic that shaped the modern tea trade and the relationship between Britain and China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eIn Chengdu, the old teahouses are still open. We find out how they got there, and how they are holding their place in a city moving fast in every other direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eWe drink our way through the Russian Revolution, wander through Bangkok, and follow the road to the Shire Highlands of Malawi.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eighty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019464462676,"sku":"IS3","price":27.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1019\/8555\/0676\/files\/cover_3.jpg?v=1774824944","url":"https:\/\/readeighty.com\/products\/issue-3","provider":"Eighty","version":"1.0","type":"link"}