Assertion: tea | /r/CapableOf | go among poor working classes
Facets:
value: slowly
type: MANNER
value: from a respectable commodity
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: As the British continued to import more and more tea throughout the eighteenth century, tea slowly went from a respectable commodity consumed by the well-mannered classes in domestic rituals to an absolute necessity in the British diet, even among the poor working classes.