Did you know that the United Kingdom has a tradition of enjoying a cup of tea in the afternoon?

Did you know that the United Kingdom has a tradition of enjoying a cup of tea in the afternoon with friends, family, or invited guests in an atmosphere that is warm, relaxed and fun.

This tradition is also called Afternoon Tea. This tradition has lasted approximately 350 years. According to the history of tea drinking was introduced first by Catherine when she married the King of England, Charles II, in 1662. Catherine is originally from Portugal brought a box of his country to the new court house in England
, and he has a habit of presenting tea to the nobles who invited to a garden party and private party held in his room.

And it turned out just the once trying the noblewoman who has felt this warm drink, they immediately appealed to the father or the husband to provide the same thing as soon as possible. Therefore Catherine finally had the nickname The Tea Drinking Queen's English First.

In the beginning the tradition of drinking a cup of tea is only done by the nobility, the elite and upper class people. Where currently serve this drink using eating utensils and drinks are expensive, usually made ​​of gold, silver and porcelain expensive where this activity and shows guests how much their wealth. For common people who can not enjoy the warmth of a cup of tea because of the early 16th century until the 18th, the tea is a beverage that is expensive, because it can only be obtained from the Portuguese or the Dutch nation that does have a trading post in Asia.

Even among the common people want to enjoy their tea usually get it by illegal means. And that's not the original tea merchants leaf tea is usually mixed with the leaves of other trees. Until the 1870s the Dutch have started to open up the industry to produce the tea leaves on a large scale, which in turn impacted by the decline in world market prices of tea and can also be enjoyed by the common people.

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