Tang Tea History

The Tea that reach America from china inspired new addictions, new trade connections and new forms of luxury, new social critiques and simmering provincial inferiority. Many caffeinated drinks had come before the tea however this was a new drink to the English-speaking world. Nevertheless, this drink did not come without its own problems (50).

Saberi, H. (2010). Tea Comes to the West. In Tea:A Global History. [Adobe Digital Editions Version]. Retrieved from http://site.ebrary.com/

“This was the routine of the old China trade. These were the commodities traditionally brought to China and traditionally carried away. And at the heart of the trade was tea. It came from no other place. India did not then produce any, nor Ceylon, Java, or Formosa; Japan was inaccessible; the world perforce drank China teas. Above all, the English drank them” (17).

In the late sixteenth- century Europe adopted a caffeinated warm drink for the first time this included chocolate, tea and coffee. Tea fills the senses with a bittersweet scent. This herb came from china by ship. Unlike cider and beer tea was new to the English-speaking world (49). Starting in the eighteenth- century Europe trading companies began to market green and black tea (51). Before this time period tea was very rare in the west region of British north America. Only the wealthy could originally afford tea and sugar. Tea was also used as a source of herbal medicine rather than traditional methods. This herb was also expensive because it shipped across great distances and allowed the East India Company to charge higher prices and labor added an extra charge. This resulted in tea becoming a luxury item in the colonies (53). The Townshend’s act in 1767 put a tax on tea which Americans responded that parliament could not tax without their consent. This frustrated the colonist because it put their love for tea at risk, so they responded to parliament by aiming at British merchants and manufactures

During the late 1700s, the East India Company had a monopoly on all of the tea in the colonies. Tea was everything

“For all the Tea in China -How England Stole the World 's Favorite Drink and Changed History

“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”- John F. Kennedy. In an oppressive government, the bravest action someone can take is to think for themselves. In “The Letter from Birmingham Jail” written by Martin Luther King Jr. to the eight white religious leaders in the south and “In this Dark Alley” a poem composed by Ahmad Shamlu, they address the importance of thinking for themselves despite the government’s attempts to indoctrinate its citizens. Both the authors challenge the audience to think for themselves, despite the unfair traditions created by the government.

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1. The area became an important source not only of spices but also of the world's tea

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