In 1834, a small village in East Frisia. Lene Voskamp grew up in a fisherman’s family in extreme poverty, and since childhood she had endured cruel blows of fate. A surprising meeting with a foreigner gave her a mysterious coin that gave her the right to sell tea in China. Since then, the idea of escaping her tiny village has inspired her—to search for a new life and fulfill her dream: to become the first woman to found a tea empire. For Lene, a dangerous odyssey begins, carrying her across seas and oceans into far, far away lands—where tea grows—and where she will find the love she was once promised.