How did the British fall in love with tea? According to historians, tea first came to Europe in the 16th century, via Dutch and Portuguese traders. The habit of tea drinking gradually spread throughout Europe and the first person to sell tea in Britain was Thomas Garway in London in 1657. Around fifty years later, […]
Great British traditions – a cup of tea
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One of the interesting things about tea is that in the 19th century the working classes started drinking it in a big way too. I love that in rural areas, workers would often take a bottle of cold tea out to drink in the fields (whether milk and sugar were involved, I’ve no idea).
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Interesting question Mick. As far as I can glean, sugar was part of the cuppa as it was much more affordable than tea for the working classes. …milk was a later addition.
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