Tea in the United Kingdom | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-10

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Tea in the United Kingdom


00:00:55 1 History
00:01:42 1.1 Historiography
00:03:41 1.2 Seventeenth century: a medicinal and luxury import
00:03:53 1.2.1 Early mentions
00:05:25 1.2.2 Sale of tea begins
00:08:16 1.2.3 A medicinal drink
00:10:54 1.2.4 Popularity among aristocrats
00:12:43 1.3 Eighteenth century: a marker of middle-class upward mobility and patriotism
00:12:55 1.3.1 Colonial trade
00:15:56 1.3.2 Introduction of milk and sugar
00:17:27 1.3.3 Popularity among the middle classes
00:20:04 1.4 Nineteenth century: universal consumption
00:20:15 1.4.1 Adoption by the working classes
00:22:02 1.4.2 Cultivation in India
00:23:01 1.4.3 Gender
00:23:34 1.5 Tea today
00:25:00 2 Brewing the tea
00:26:23 2.1 The question of milk
00:28:32 2.2 Drinking etiquette
00:29:32 3 Tearoom
00:34:06 4 Tea as a break
00:34:37 5 Tea as a meal
00:35:52 6 Tea cards
00:36:58 7 See also
00:37:07 7.1 Drinks
00:37:30 7.2 Food
00:37:41 7.3 Appliances
00:38:15 7.4 Other



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Since the eighteenth century, the United Kingdom has been one of the world's greatest tea consumers, with an average annual per capita tea supply of 1.9 kg (4.18 lbs). The British Empire was instrumental in spreading tea from China to India; British interests controlled tea production in the subcontinent. Tea, which was an upper-class drink in continental Europe, became the infusion of every social class in Great Britain throughout the course of the eighteenth century and has remained so. Tea is a prominent feature of British culture and society.In both the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, the drinking of tea is so varied that it is quite hard to generalise. While it is usually served with milk, it is not uncommon to drink it black or with lemon, with sugar being a popular addition to any of the above. Strong tea, served in a mug with milk and sugar, is a popular combination known as builder's tea.