Tea is a wonderful thing - meaning it's full of wonder. Tea can energize you, relax you, warm you up, cool you down, wake you up, and help you fall asleep. But the tea we know today is very different than it was 5000 years ago. Here you will learn how tea came to America, how it was created, and why tea was smuggled.
Tea’s journey to America
Legend states that tea started in 2737 BC in China.�� It was brought to Japan in 800 AD where it was used as medicine for hundreds of years. Eventually in 1650, the Dutch brought tea to England, where it was originally a novelty enjoyed by only a few rich people. In 1660, tea in England grew more popular and was traded with India and the Far East. Tea grew very well in India, which began exporting it in 1834. In 1886 China was the biggest exporter, exporting 300 million pounds of tea, 170 million of those pounds going to Great
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One day, it was hot out, so he filled a glass with ice and poured tea over it. Selling it became a huge success. � Sweet tea and sweetened tea - what’s the difference? Well, it's quite simple. Sweetened tea is tea that was brewed, then has a sweetener or sugar added to it. Sweet tea is tea that was brewed with sugar, making it sweet from the start.� Yes there’s a difference! Tea bags were made by accident. A man was selling samples of tea to customers in small bags to test. �The confused customers dipped the tea bag into water, and he started getting orders for the tea bags. Now there are factories for tea bags, and everyone around the world uses them. But why is tea called tea? In the 8th century in China, it was called “tu”. And after trading, it became many words, until Europe traded it to the Dutch. They called it “te”, but it was pronounced as “tay”. The Dutch changed it to “thee”, and traded it to America, where they called it “tea” or “tee” in English.
The smuggling of