By Viridiana Juárez Marín
In England, the tea is one of the most famous drinks;
It is strange, because this kind of plant does not grow in this site. However
people say that in 1658 a person from London, called Thomas Garraway, posted in
a newspaper all the benefits that this drink had and the importance that the
tea had for Chinese people. In 1662 King Carlos II married Cataline who was a
Portuguese princess; She really liked to drink tea, so people consider her to
be the person who introduce the tea in the British court.
Around of the 18th century the popularity about the tea was more famous than other kind of drink, the consumption was so big. There were about 6.379 tonnes of tea, in that time the tea was drinking in different times during the day, however in most cases the tea was drinking at night instead of the afternoon like now English people do. The “AFTERNOON TEA” is executed and attributed for first time by duchess Bedford because people say that when she was ill, one day in the afternoon, she ask her servants for some tea and snacks, after she ate and drank the tea, she felt better, that was the reason she decided to do the same thing but inviting some of her friendships to taste the tea together. So to consume those things in the afternoon got a high popularity for all the people.
Around of the 18th century the popularity about the tea was more famous than other kind of drink, the consumption was so big. There were about 6.379 tonnes of tea, in that time the tea was drinking in different times during the day, however in most cases the tea was drinking at night instead of the afternoon like now English people do. The “AFTERNOON TEA” is executed and attributed for first time by duchess Bedford because people say that when she was ill, one day in the afternoon, she ask her servants for some tea and snacks, after she ate and drank the tea, she felt better, that was the reason she decided to do the same thing but inviting some of her friendships to taste the tea together. So to consume those things in the afternoon got a high popularity for all the people.
In the society of English people, there were different
ways and habits to eat lunch, for the
high class the lunch is taking at midday and the dinner at 8:00 p.m. while the
lower class take their lunch at 11:00 a.m. and the dinner at 7:00 p.m.
If we returned into the history we could find that the
tea has taken an important place in some nations. I mean the tea was one of the
movements in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government, where people from Massachusetts got their freedom through the movement
called “BOSTON TEA PARTY”, American people knew the importance about this drink,
thus to demonstrate their unconformity respect to the high taxes, they decided
to wore like Indians and board the ships which have all the boxes with tea,
then they throw the big boxes full of tea in the Boston Harbor.
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Nowdays “the afternoon
tea” is a custom for English people, where they enjoy drinking tea and eating
some snacks between 2pm and 5pm. This space is destined to relax staying this
time with their friendships because they can
talk, share, and enjoy each other.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Zuñiga Sergio, THIS IS U.S. Edit.
Cobrica, pp.21-23
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