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A strange new drink: tea! (Snippets 22)

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Roger Pocock

The first ever importer of tea into Britain was a London merchant named Thomas Garraway.  In the 1660s, tea began to be a fashionable drink in Britain, thanks to the wife of Charles II, Catherine of Braganza, who was a … Continue reading →

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