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Tea in England

English people are tea-drinkers. They love tea. They have it many times a day. if you come to an English home even at 5 o’clock in the morning, you get a cup of tea. And you say with your best 5-o’clock smile: “Thank you so much! I adore a cup of early morning tea”

The English know how to make tea and what it does for them. Seven cups of it wake you up in the morning, nine cups will put you to sleep at night. If you are hot, tea will cool you off, and if you are cold, it will warm you up. If you take it in the middle of the morning, it will stimulate you for further work; if you drink it in the afternoon, it will relax you further thought. Then, of course, you shouldn’t drink lots of it in off hours. In England they say jokingly: “The test of good tea is simple. If spoon stands up in it, then it is strong enough; if spoon starts to wobble, it is a feeble makeshift”

The History of Tea

One of the legend says, “Long ago the shepherds noticed that their sheep began climbing up the hill easily after having nibbled leaves of evergreen bush, which grew high in the mountains. The shepherds decided to test the magic power of this miraculous plant. They dried the leaves, poured boiling water and began to drink fragrant herbal potion feeling instantaneous burst of strength”. This is a legend but may be not. It is known that tea came from China indeed. Tea was mentioned in Chinese characters in 2.500 B.C. in old time tea was valued very much. The emperors rewarded their people with tea for particular services. Later, tea-leaves were pressed into cakes, which were used for money. And the population paid special tax called a tip. Far more later tea appeared in Asia and Europe.

Tea – leaves

There was time when drinking tea was almost unknown in European countries; many people had never heard of tea.

This anecdote is about an old woman and her son, who lived before tea-drinking became popular in England. he was a sea captain, and every time when he returned from a far-away country, he brought his mother a gift. He tried to bring something unusual, that she could show to her friends.

Once the young man came back from India with a box of tea for his mother. She didn’t know anything about tea, but was proud of her son, and she invited all her friends to come and try what he had brought her. When her son went into the room, he saw cakes and fruit and jam on the table, and a big plate full 9f brown tea-leaves. His mother and her friends were sitting round the table, eating the leaves with butter and salt. Though they all smiled, it was clear that they didn’t enjoy eating the leaves.

• Where is the tea, Mum? The captain asked. His mother showed him the plate in the middle of the table.
• We are having tea for lunch, she said.
• No, no those are only the tea-leaves, said the captain. – Where is the water?
• The water! – his mother said. – I threw the water away, of course!

How Tea Was First Drunk in Britain

By the time tea was first introduced into this country (1660), coffee had already been drunk for several years. By 1750 tea had become the most popular beverage for all types and classes of people – even though a pound of tea cost a skilled worker perhaps a third of his weekly wage!

Early tea cups had no handles, because were originally imported from China. Chinese cups didn’t (and still don’t) have handles. As tea drinking in popularity, it led to a demand for more and more tea ware. This resulted in the rapid growth of the English pottery and porcelain industry, which not long after became world famous for its products.

Nowadays, tea drinking is no longer a proper, formal, “social” occasion. We don’t dress up to “go out to tea” anymore. But one tea ceremony is still very important in Britain-the Tea Break! Millions of people in factories and offices look forward to their tea breaks in the morning and afternoon. Since tea is a natural product, it helps the body to work and contains no calories, it can be an ideal drink for people on a special diet. Tea with lemon-a calorie free combination-is recommended in most diet sheets for slimmer’s.

Tea in England

English people are tea-drinkers. They love tea. They have it many times a day. if you come to an English home even at 5 o’clock in the morning, you get a cup of tea. And you say with your best 5-o’clock smile: “Thank you so much! I adore a cup of early morning tea”

The English know how to make tea and what it does for them. Seven cups of it wake you up in the morning, nine cups will put you to sleep at night. If you are hot, tea will cool you off, and if you are cold, it will warm you up. If you take it in the middle of the morning, it will stimulate you for further work; if you drink it in the afternoon, it will relax you further thought. Then, of course, you shouldn’t drink lots of it in off hours. In England they say jokingly: “The test of good tea is simple. If spoon stands up in it, then it is strong enough; if spoon starts to wobble, it is a feeble makeshift”

The History of Tea

One of the legend says, “Long ago the shepherds noticed that their sheep began climbing up the hill easily after having nibbled leaves of evergreen bush, which grew high in the mountains. The shepherds decided to test the magic power of this miraculous plant. They dried the leaves, poured boiling water and began to drink fragrant herbal potion feeling instantaneous burst of strength”. This is a legend but may be not. It is known that tea came from China indeed. Tea was mentioned in Chinese characters in 2.500 B.C. in old time tea was valued very much. The emperors rewarded their people with tea for particular services. Later, tea-leaves were pressed into cakes, which were used for money. And the population paid special tax called a tip. Far more later tea appeared in Asia and Europe.

Tea – leaves

There was time when drinking tea was almost unknown in European countries; many people had never heard of tea.

This anecdote is about an old woman and her son, who lived before tea-drinking became popular in England. he was a sea captain, and every time when he returned from a far-away country, he brought his mother a gift. He tried to bring something unusual, that she could show to her friends.

Once the young man came back from India with a box of tea for his mother. She didn’t know anything about tea, but was proud of her son, and she invited all her friends to come and try what he had brought her. When her son went into the room, he saw cakes and fruit and jam on the table, and a big plate full 9f brown tea-leaves. His mother and her friends were sitting round the table, eating the leaves with butter and salt. Though they all smiled, it was clear that they didn’t enjoy eating the leaves.

• Where is the tea, Mum? The captain asked. His mother showed him the plate in the middle of the table.
• We are having tea for lunch, she said.
• No, no those are only the tea-leaves, said the captain. – Where is the water?
• The water! – his mother said. – I threw the water away, of course!

How Tea Was First Drunk in Britain

By the time tea was first introduced into this country (1660), coffee had already been drunk for several years. By 1750 tea had become the most popular beverage for all types and classes of people – even though a pound of tea cost a skilled worker perhaps a third of his weekly wage!

Early tea cups had no handles, because were originally imported from China. Chinese cups didn’t (and still don’t) have handles. As tea drinking in popularity, it led to a demand for more and more tea ware. This resulted in the rapid growth of the English pottery and porcelain industry, which not long after became world famous for its products.

Nowadays, tea drinking is no longer a proper, formal, “social” occasion. We don’t dress up to “go out to tea” anymore. But one tea ceremony is still very important in Britain-the Tea Break! Millions of people in factories and offices look forward to their tea breaks in the morning and afternoon. Since tea is a natural product, it helps the body to work and contains no calories, it can be an ideal drink for people on a special diet. Tea with lemon-a calorie free combination-is recommended in most diet sheets for slimmer’s.

Tea in England

English people are tea-drinkers. They love tea. They have it many times a day. if you come to an English home even at 5 o’clock in the morning, you get a cup of tea. And you say with your best 5-o’clock smile: “Thank you so much! I adore a cup of early morning tea”

The English know how to make tea and what it does for them. Seven cups of it wake you up in the morning, nine cups will put you to sleep at night. If you are hot, tea will cool you off, and if you are cold, it will warm you up. If you take it in the middle of the morning, it will stimulate you for further work; if you drink it in the afternoon, it will relax you further thought. Then, of course, you shouldn’t drink lots of it in off hours. In England they say jokingly: “The test of good tea is simple. If spoon stands up in it, then it is strong enough; if spoon starts to wobble, it is a feeble makeshift”

The History of Tea

One of the legend says, “Long ago the shepherds noticed that their sheep began climbing up the hill easily after having nibbled leaves of evergreen bush, which grew high in the mountains. The shepherds decided to test the magic power of this miraculous plant. They dried the leaves, poured boiling water and began to drink fragrant herbal potion feeling instantaneous burst of strength”. This is a legend but may be not. It is known that tea came from China indeed. Tea was mentioned in Chinese characters in 2.500 B.C. in old time tea was valued very much. The emperors rewarded their people with tea for particular services. Later, tea-leaves were pressed into cakes, which were used for money. And the population paid special tax called a tip. Far more later tea appeared in Asia and Europe.

Tea – leaves

There was time when drinking tea was almost unknown in European countries; many people had never heard of tea.

This anecdote is about an old woman and her son, who lived before tea-drinking became popular in England. he was a sea captain, and every time when he returned from a far-away country, he brought his mother a gift. He tried to bring something unusual, that she could show to her friends.

Once the young man came back from India with a box of tea for his mother. She didn’t know anything about tea, but was proud of her son, and she invited all her friends to come and try what he had brought her. When her son went into the room, he saw cakes and fruit and jam on the table, and a big plate full 9f brown tea-leaves. His mother and her friends were sitting round the table, eating the leaves with butter and salt. Though they all smiled, it was clear that they didn’t enjoy eating the leaves.

• Where is the tea, Mum? The captain asked. His mother showed him the plate in the middle of the table.
• We are having tea for lunch, she said.
• No, no those are only the tea-leaves, said the captain. – Where is the water?
• The water! – his mother said. – I threw the water away, of course!

How Tea Was First Drunk in Britain

By the time tea was first introduced into this country (1660), coffee had already been drunk for several years. By 1750 tea had become the most popular beverage for all types and classes of people – even though a pound of tea cost a skilled worker perhaps a third of his weekly wage!

Early tea cups had no handles, because were originally imported from China. Chinese cups didn’t (and still don’t) have handles. As tea drinking in popularity, it led to a demand for more and more tea ware. This resulted in the rapid growth of the English pottery and porcelain industry, which not long after became world famous for its products.

Nowadays, tea drinking is no longer a proper, formal, “social” occasion. We don’t dress up to “go out to tea” anymore. But one tea ceremony is still very important in Britain-the Tea Break! Millions of people in factories and offices look forward to their tea breaks in the morning and afternoon. Since tea is a natural product, it helps the body to work and contains no calories, it can be an ideal drink for people on a special diet. Tea with lemon-a calorie free combination-is recommended in most diet sheets for slimmer’s.

Tea in England

English people are tea-drinkers. They love tea. They have it many times a day. if you come to an English home even at 5 o’clock in the morning, you get a cup of tea. And you say with your best 5-o’clock smile: “Thank you so much! I adore a cup of early morning tea”

The English know how to make tea and what it does for them. Seven cups of it wake you up in the morning, nine cups will put you to sleep at night. If you are hot, tea will cool you off, and if you are cold, it will warm you up. If you take it in the middle of the morning, it will stimulate you for further work; if you drink it in the afternoon, it will relax you further thought. Then, of course, you shouldn’t drink lots of it in off hours. In England they say jokingly: “The test of good tea is simple. If spoon stands up in it, then it is strong enough; if spoon starts to wobble, it is a feeble makeshift”

The History of Tea

One of the legend says, “Long ago the shepherds noticed that their sheep began climbing up the hill easily after having nibbled leaves of evergreen bush, which grew high in the mountains. The shepherds decided to test the magic power of this miraculous plant. They dried the leaves, poured boiling water and began to drink fragrant herbal potion feeling instantaneous burst of strength”. This is a legend but may be not. It is known that tea came from China indeed. Tea was mentioned in Chinese characters in 2.500 B.C. in old time tea was valued very much. The emperors rewarded their people with tea for particular services. Later, tea-leaves were pressed into cakes, which were used for money. And the population paid special tax called a tip. Far more later tea appeared in Asia and Europe.

Tea – leaves

There was time when drinking tea was almost unknown in European countries; many people had never heard of tea.

This anecdote is about an old woman and her son, who lived before tea-drinking became popular in England. he was a sea captain, and every time when he returned from a far-away country, he brought his mother a gift. He tried to bring something unusual, that she could show to her friends.

Once the young man came back from India with a box of tea for his mother. She didn’t know anything about tea, but was proud of her son, and she invited all her friends to come and try what he had brought her. When her son went into the room, he saw cakes and fruit and jam on the table, and a big plate full 9f brown tea-leaves. His mother and her friends were sitting round the table, eating the leaves with butter and salt. Though they all smiled, it was clear that they didn’t enjoy eating the leaves.

• Where is the tea, Mum? The captain asked. His mother showed him the plate in the middle of the table.
• We are having tea for lunch, she said.
• No, no those are only the tea-leaves, said the captain. – Where is the water?
• The water! – his mother said. – I threw the water away, of course!

How Tea Was First Drunk in Britain

By the time tea was first introduced into this country (1660), coffee had already been drunk for several years. By 1750 tea had become the most popular beverage for all types and classes of people – even though a pound of tea cost a skilled worker perhaps a third of his weekly wage!

Early tea cups had no handles, because were originally imported from China. Chinese cups didn’t (and still don’t) have handles. As tea drinking in popularity, it led to a demand for more and more tea ware. This resulted in the rapid growth of the English pottery and porcelain industry, which not long after became world famous for its products.

Nowadays, tea drinking is no longer a proper, formal, “social” occasion. We don’t dress up to “go out to tea” anymore. But one tea ceremony is still very important in Britain-the Tea Break! Millions of people in factories and offices look forward to their tea breaks in the morning and afternoon. Since tea is a natural product, it helps the body to work and contains no calories, it can be an ideal drink for people on a special diet. Tea with lemon-a calorie free combination-is recommended in most diet sheets for slimmer’s.