The Tea Merchant

• More than 300,000 copies sold of the series
• Based on a true company history: The rise of the Ronnefeldt tea and colonial produce merchant house to an internationally successful brand
• Unusual Setting: Frankfurt am Main in the 19th century
• For readers of Charlotte Jacobi and Marie Lacrosse

The great world of tea, the moving fate of a strong woman and the rise of a famous merchant family: Part 1 of the Ronnefeldt Saga

Frankfurt, 1838: As a merchant's daughter and the wife of the tea dealer Tobias Ronnefeldt, Friederike likes to stand behind the counter every now and again – she loves the floral, slightly earthy scent of the dark tea leaves. But she is not permitted deeper insights into the trade. This changes in 1838, however, when Tobias embarks on a months' long journey to China, the land of tea. Now, of all times, when she's pregnant. And she soon realises that she cannot trust the new manager, whom Tobias appointed. With the company in danger, Friederike has no choice but to take the fate of the company into her hands. In order to meet this challenge, she has to develop new strengths - and the courage to assert herself.

[...] The author again places history and fate in the context of political and social conditions in an extremely knowledgeable way [...]. -- Thomas Scheben - Frankfurter Neue Presse 

A sensual journey through time into the world of tea. - Lisa 

[...] in her tightrope walk between reality and poetic freedom, Popp repeatedly creates space for surprising twists [...]. -- Gernot Gottwals - Frankfurter Neue Presse 

You don't have to be a self-confessed tea drinker to be drawn into the maelstrom of this family saga from the very first lines of the book. [...] an exciting, cultural-historical novel [...]. - Die Rheinpfalz