Who introduced tea in england?!
Who introduced tea in england?
Answers:
The first sample of tea was brought to England between 1652-1654 by the English East India company. King Charles II and Catherine De Braganza, his wife,were confirmed tea drinkers and after the Restoration when they were restored to the English throne they established their love of tea drinking and the rest is history. Now go and put the kettle on.
Nobody, we discovered it growing in the foothills of the Himalayas during the days of the Empire when we were conquering the world.
Great answer here. little bit of a long read though, but pretty in depth =D
http://www.spamula.net/col/archives/2005...
Wasn't it in the time of Queen Elizabeth 1st. and Sir walter Raleigh.
MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDPA.
It is unclear whether tea arrived in England or America first. Samples arriving in London are recorded in 1652 yet the first evidence of any sale of tea does not appear until 1657, when Thomas Garaway (famous for his Coffee House in Exchange Alley, London) held a public sale. Much was made of the health giving properties of the beverage and prices ranged from ￡6.00 to ￡10.00 per pound
Mr. Lipton I presume.
Probably Dutch merchants in the 17th Century.
Charles II had a wife named Catherine who was Portugese, and it happened that tea had made it to Spain by the time Catherine married Charles II. It was 1662 when Catherine brought tea over to England and introduced it to the people of this country.
It was Sir Walter Raleigh, he also brought the tobacco plant, from which we get our ciggies.
It was Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II.
Showing my age but 'Typhoo put the 'T' (tea) in Britain , but we don't know who put the early bit in 'Scunthorpe' !
When the Brits werer pilaging India they stole it from the natives there
Typhoo
Its obvious, tea was brought to Europe by Mr Brooke Bond, and his chimpanzees, my great uncle was part of the company. we all worked on the tea clipper, the Cutty Sark.
Captain Cook, Sir Frances Drake or Sir Walter Raleigh - someone like that or it could have come from our primates as I saw them drinking the stuff in a PG Tips advert once.
steve
tea was originated from arabian peninsula...that is what i know...
Tea was first introduced into to England Between 1652 - 1654. It Sought to replaced the National drink of England which was ale sold in local ale houses. R.L Wickham was in charge of the East India Company agency at Firando, Japan. Who was the first to achieve the distinction of supplying the first reference to Tea by an Englishman.
King Charles II Married, while in Exile the Portuguese Infanta Catherine DE Braganza (1662) Charles himself had grown up in the Dutch Capital. As a result both he and his Bride were confirmed Tea drinkers. When the Monarchy were Re-established the two rules brought this foreign Tea tradition to England with them
it was Sir Walter Raliegh he brought it back on his ship during the time of Queen Elizabeth 1st and when Sir Walter Raliegh defeated the Spanish Armarda.
i dont know this answer for sure but i hope it helps.
it was introduced when we were conquering the world. we found it somewhere.
sir lord tetley
I would of thought India, then we added milk... WOLA!
the pg tips monkey
Me, in 1589. then dr. who brought me back to this time period so i could tell u all :D
pajama
I've read the article quoted by doctor_dru and read numerous other articles. He's the only person here who's quoted a source for any research, however, I can't find any definitive answer to your question.
There is documented trade for opium from Bengal (India) with tea from China, this goes back to the 17 century.
If you read James Clavells novel Tai-Pan (based in Hong Kong during the 1840's), there are the seeds of a theory that someone in Hong Kong arranged for tea plants to be stolen from China and shipped to India.
Thomas Lipton I guess!!
De he introduce tea to Earl Grey ?
chinese
Not sue eiyher Christopher Columbus or Walter Raliegh The Victorians were very een on it. Try discovery