A Social History of Tea – Expanded Edition
A Social History of Tea - Expanded Edition
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British author and tea historian Jane Pettigrew has joined forces with American tea writer Bruce Richardson to chronicle the colorful story of tea s influence on British and American culture, commerce and community spanning nearly four centuries. These two major tea pros have observed first-hand the present tea renaissance sweeping present day culture and have written more than two dozen books on the topic of tea. For practically 4 centuries, tea has occupied a impressive position in British and American society. From tea s earliest introduction into London society in the mid-1600s, tea was an exotic commodity, commanding the highest rates even though loved only by a lucky handful of. Ladies very first drank tea at residence, even though the guys enjoyed the beverage alongside coffee and chocolate in coffee homes. As the custom of drinking tea came to dictate the day-to-day schedules of upper class families in London and Philadelphia, global traders scurried to keep up with the demand for sugar, furniture, silver, porcelains and materials to fill drawing rooms on both sides of the Atlantic. Earnings from the East India Organization s monopoly on tea trade with China subsidized Parliament and sparked a revolution in Boston in 1773. In the nineteenth century, tea rooms began to open, enabling respectable females to eat out unaccompanied - a actually liberating encounter. Writers such as Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and Lewis Carroll located teatime to be the best tool for setting a scene within their novels. And clipper ships have been launched to bring tea ever-faster from China and the new British tea gardens established in India. The twentieth century saw tea drinkers tango their way across the dance floors of fine hotels as vogue designers introduced new tea gowns every single season. By the 1920s, a tea room craze spread across America, making it possible for girls to turn into organization owners and entrepreneurs. But the mechanization of tea and teabags nearly drained tea of its romance right after Planet War II. Thankfully, tea produced a comeback as a new century started and the world s most-popular beverage is enjoying a significantly-deserved renaissance as tea bars, tea outlets and tea rooms spring up during Excellent Britain and the United States. Tea has reclaimed its track record as an important ingredient major to excellent health and a balanced way of life. As tea consuming gets to be a ritual for a lot of, tea has returned to its ancient Asian roots as a cup of humanity.
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