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Empire of Tea The Asian Leaf that Conquered the World
Author: By R. Coulton, M. Ellis, M. Mauger
Year: 2015
Number of pages: 329
Format: PDF
File size: 19.4 MB
Language: ENG

Although tea had been known and consumed in China and Japan for centuries, it was only in the seventeenth century that Londoners first began drinking it. Over the next two hundred years, its stimulating properties seduced all of British society, as tea found its way into cottages and castles alike. One of the first truly global commodities, tea has also, today, come to epitomize British culture and identity.

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