How Tea Time Came to England

There’s nothing quite as quintessentially British as a cuppa tea. But how did the Chinese tradition make its way into the British consciousness? It’s all thanks to Catherine of Braganza, a Portuguese royal who married England’s King Charles II in 1662. When she arrived in England, she brought with her loose leaves and spices in a set of crates labeled “Transporte de Ervas Aromatics,” or T.E.A. Soon, everyone wanted to be just like the Queen and sales of tea began to skyrocket. The rest, as they say, is history.
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[@soralb6368]

The story about Catherine popularizing tea in England is true. But the thing about T.E.A. is complete nonsense. The word tea is a corruption of the south chinese name for tea.

[@Natadangsa]

Sor Alb yeah. It came from the Hokkien word Teh. And the word is still in use in southern China and the Malay world (Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei Darussalam). We still call them Teh, and we love to drink it not from cups, but from large beer glasses.

[@zhazhagab0r]

Thank you! Glad I wasn't the only person perturbed by that.

[@srilankacricket2012]

Yes dats true...in my country we r famous Ceylon tea and in my language tea is called 'teh'

[@ColinKillick]

Yeah, it’s completely absurd and disappointingly lazy from GBS. Almost every language from a place that had tea calls it either something like “teh” or something like “chai.” And anyway, almost nothing named before the 19th century gets its name from an acronym-this is the same kind of ludicrous folk etymology that claims “Shit” and “Golf” come from “Ship High in Transit” and “Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden,” because people apparently can’t conceive of the idea that almost all English words come from other languages.

[@Nothing_serious]

Jesus that's why they said it was "theorized" meaning they didn't came up with the theory and meaning it's still just a theory. Why are you people butthurted by it?

[@jungkookjupiter8437]

*sips tea in British.*

[@Gungus-v1g]

January Ruthie I fucking slurp the shit out of my tea and it annoys the shit out of everyone near me (rightfully so). It just tastes so much better that way!

[@mihinkarunaratne]

The irony level is too high.

[@zy5992]

oh my god your profile picture *and* username. Gakuen Babysitters is so adorable.

[@rocketlaunchershotgunguy425]

MATE WOULD YOU LIKE A CUP OF TEA LAD HMMM?

[@madamada3837]

*sips tea in Portuguese.*

[@AgakAgakEngineer]

Britain: Hey China, give us more of those delicious tea bro China: Ok Britain, here you go, now pay up bro Britain: But we don't have money anymore bro China: Sorry bro, no money no tea Britain: Ok bro, how about we give you something we make in return China: But we don't need anything you make bro Britain: Ok bro, how about some drugs then China: Hey that's not cool bro, we don't want drugs Britain: THIS MEANS WAR!

[@dumpstercub2902]

Britain, approaching China in a large trench coat: Heyyyyyy wanna buy some drugs?

[@aliarosescott775]

I did a research paper on the Opium War!

[@iamhungey12345]

To cope with their tea addiction, they turned to drug dealing.

[@ellenw.3994]

Y'all are forgetting about Hong Kong

[@AutismCreature31]

Bro hey bro sup bro how you doing bro take a swing bro right here bro

[@jbwnz2332]

It was also partly due to disease hitting the British coffee plantations. They planted tea in its place

[@TheBala1999]

JBWNZ I don't think you can grow coffee in the UK

[@siewheilou399]

British grew coffee in colonies?

[@lcflcf1]

In Sri Lanka

[@tyleramato4526]

JBWNZ the brits make shit coffee anyway, water just isn’t good for it

[@chalkboi5095]

JBWNZ thank fuckin goodness someone knows the history of tea....wait did you go to the club of tea because i was in 1 bethore we tryed blueberry pancake flavor and we learnt the history of tea. I got free tea. Lol

[@drashetidfromsabahan3228]

China:*invent tea* Japan:cool India:cool Britain: GIVE ME THE PLANT

[@志瑜杨]

Britain- I’m gonna start two wars with you and steal your property.

[@kit_katmck2995]

Bruhify

[@drashetidfromsabahan3228]

@@kit_katmck2995 I follow bruhify community post

[@srishtikapoor1877]

@@志瑜杨 British got this bad tendency to do this 🙁

[@lyhthegreat]

@@志瑜杨 and turn your people into a bunch of crackheads

[@Cikeb]

Tea is not an abbreviation. The English started out calling it cha, just like the Portuguese, who heard it in China from those who spoke Mandarin Chinese. The English changed the word later though to the word the Dutch were using; thee. The Dutch adopted their version in Malaysia, where it travelled from Chinese dialects in southeastern China; t’e. Both versions are essentially Chinese in origin.

[@notgadot]

Indians say tea is theirs

[@Cikeb]

@@notgadot I'm sure they do.

[@hetaeramancer]

​@@notgadot those Indians 😂

[@hhh-rd7es]

@@notgadot I remember now. His name is Gordon

[@notgadot]

They claim every British thing 😂 india dont even have toiletz

[@cosmasindico]

Fascinating. When are you going to do the story about the Opium Wars?

[@simonmccorriston5347]

Travis Clark there's some really well made videos on it on a channel called Extra Credit

[@yojiviriak675]

Travis Clark they won't

[@joeycheung29]

Travis Clark dr

[@rome316ae3]

Opium wars are basically for giving energy. I think it's to make you intelligent

[@CarolineNiggAyaLee-Janet]

I met a british guy asking a Japanese guy “do you guys have tea in Asia” And then he instantly noticed and said “ oh buy you guys have green tea”.... No, Edward. Tea, in every color, is from Asia. Red(black in English), Green, Black(pu-er) etc... are categorizations used in Ancient China.

[@notgadot]

*coloUr *categoriSations .what are you? Why you lying? You never met him!

[@intreoo]

No way he asked if Asians drink tea when tea is literally from Asia lmao

[@notgadot]

@@intreoo asians like tea only because western popularise it.

[@Dol706]

@@notgadotwhat

[@notgadot]

@@Dol706 Do your research. Europeans are the public figures to follow. 😎💏💷🍨💕

[@jerrywu5797]

Love this story. Some extra info from a native Chinese born in 1990s: this actually has been integrated into almost every textbook in middle school, talking about how we were forced to get addicted to opium - we paid for opium and British used that to buy tea from us again. A loop that was full of blood. Qing dynasty emperors (especially empress dowager cixi) were so shortsighted, didn’t care about ordinary people and “leased out” Hong Kong for 99 years (1989 - 1997). The motivation of the stories on our textbook is to teach us that without a strong country, that would happen to us in the future again. Peace is important, tea is great, we love peace, but the history behind is sad in 19th century.

[@notgadot]

Strong country and Smart leaders. Thats the key

[@ignorethischannelanditscom2158]

Nothing is more satisfying than tapping sounds of tea cupss....

[@brindade2004]

It's the same here in India. At least in West Bengal. I drink tea twice a day and it's my favorite beverage and for sure the brits didn't bring it here. One of the best tea in the world is cultivated here in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.

[@notgadot]

*favoUrite .chinese claim every pakistan thing 😂 goncalvez dont even have toiletz.

[@adelinecarlota1010]

Who puts milk in their tea, I DO who else

[@whyistherumalwaysfinished27]

✋✋

[@vire559]

Nope

[@SwampGas703]

gross

[@pandukawb]

I always do!!!

[@pallavmahato7865]

Adeline Carlota it's common in India.

[@vorpa3000]

And the portuguese were the people who traded tea with china

[@livingthedream8539]

@vorpa. mp4 But we also have tea growing naturally in Portugal on the island of Açores

[@nacht98]

@@livingthedream8539 tea also grows naturally nowdays in England.

[@lyhthegreat]

@@nacht98 if only england grew their own tea in the past...

[@notgadot]

@@lyhthegreat if only you stop imagining the past

[@H4PPYx337]

Coming from a Brit that tea was way too milky

[@powderphysics]

As a brit who doesn't even drink tea I second that

[@FreakFizzer]

Waaaaaay

[@Generation4EvaYoung]

Coming from an American I think so too

[@amzzysugarsweet3570]

Thoma Hawk it acc was

[@birdsrneat]

Maybe some people LIKE TEA FLAVORED MILK

[@pauloamw]

If you add this to the fact that the Portuguese also taught the British to deep-fry stuff in batter, the Brits have to thank Portugal for.

[@notgadot]

british water is the best. they have holy water that makes them the leader of this world. Ah ah dont be jealouz portugaloser

[@pauloamw]

@@notgadot 🤣 yeah good on ya, British teeth are proof of that, and I'm not even portuguese, so fuck you!

[@stoned8034]

@@notgadot wtf

[@notgadot]

You need to admit that asians admire and copy every british traditions. Birthday cakes, wedding gowns, modern dances, etc. Yes Western Are The Greatest Culture Ever! 😎🔝💎

[@Knoar]

I always assumed it was an even older tradition that gained popularity because boiled water is safe to drink, and tea tastes better than boiled water. Well, now I know.

[@JAZ_2002]

And knowing is half the battle

[@notgadot]

Tea is better than coffee

[@ubertronicuk]

Who else is drinking tea watching this?

[@Laurensdeleeuw94]

Ice tea

[@justiny.9846]

@@Laurensdeleeuw94 yummy

[@OnnaBlade]

Me

[@Autistic-Noice-Panda-2023]

I sure as bloody well am mate

[@adampatterson2195]

I'm American and still enjoy tea. I enjoy throwing it into Boston Harbor that is.

[@liquidsnr7499]

Great now the Brits can swim in tea

[@notgadot]

*harboUr .learn english firzt!

[@quimgarcado699]

What we are told in Portugal is that the world Tea is the way english pronounce the portuguese word Ti (you). They say that when Catarina arrived in england she didn’t know how to speak english so she gave the tea to the king and said, “para ti” (for you). The king thought the name was “ti”, later abreviated to “tea”

[@Amit_R_Tudu]

In India Tea (known as Chai) is Love. Most liked beverage amongst all age groups.

[@susactivities_]

This is why Portugal and England will always be allies

[@cheahweiren7638]

China: yo pay up, u behind on ur pay for tea Britain: *literally starts a fucking war*

[@TheChocolatiie]

Had no idea my home country had such a big influence on britain n its tea! So cool

[@ΝεκτάριοςΧριστοφή]

About the name : Circa 1650, from Dutch thee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect). Introduced to English and other Western European languages by the Dutch East India Company, who sourced their tea in Amoy. Compare Malay teh along the same trade route.

[@tarlochansingh620]

Britain: China, give us Tea. China: You have to pay for it. Britain: Leave it! Our friend India will grow tea for us, and give us for less price (free!). India: 🤷‍♀️

[@riddlesticks7463]

I love the sound of that tea cup

[@clickbateman9224]

The TEA abbreviation thing is total bunk that wasn't even a thing until the 20th century.

[@legalizehiflowshower2737]

Click Bateman, what was not a thing?

[@audreywhalen5141]

Click Bateman you mean the theory? Because you can say landing on the moon wasn’t a thing until the 20th century but that doesn’t mean it never happened.

[@chalkboi5095]

Just a waw u dont know H.I.S.T.O.R.Y

[@satrioekowicaksono7452]

@@audreywhalen5141 The tea comes from tê the word from ancient Chinese language. Not this bs about abbreviation. No wonder the channel is named Great BS.

[@Alab.A]

Fun fact:uk got bombay as a dowry gift from portugese for the marriage of catherine of briganza

[@surfdetective]

Nothing says Britain more than..............bad tee.....th

[@JoseRodriguez-py7fl]

GREAT WHITE PLANT EATER yes hahahahaa true

[@SanjuSingh]

Oh my fucking days.

[@rishabhgoyal1044]

Check the infographics show on british stereotypes

[@ashtonvickers928]

GREAT WHITE PLANT EATER you know that's a stereotype right?

[@iamayen]

Lol

[@ifti.22]

I'm British and I'm drinking tea right now...

[@I_hearttyler13]

British person: It’s tea time. Me:brings out a huge box of tea packets

[@googlebhai7529]

I am addicted to tea ☕️ 😁

[@mememey9889]

I love Bubble tea....

[@twylabobette2012]

We love tea because it's bloody delicious.

[@danielagoncalves6930]

I heard that the word "tea" came from a problem with language, when Catarina offered a cup of tea she would say "este é para Ti" which means "this one's for you" but the word "ti" (same sound as "Tea") is one of many portuguese forms of saying "you" and because they couldn't understand each other that word stuck around as if it was what the queen was calling it

[@hetaeramancer]

But no, "tea" is just a corruption of a Chinese dialect word for "chaa", which is the more common way Chinese call tea.

[@notgadot]

@@hetaeramancer British is the home of great coffee shop. love william forever.

[@NgJackal1990]

Drinking tea so much will discolor teeth!

[@Coeb005]

Who doesnt loves tea???

[@RockieGFX]

Vincent Diep me

[@tadas7985]

Tea for leif

[@shibegameing501]

Americans. So that means me.

[@ShabreaChandler]

ibrahim s I don’t, tea is nasty no offense 😁

[@FA-sr6lx]

ibrahim s me

[@tteokkochi2084]

These videos are strangely satisfying...

[@qooooe]

Boston Tea Party Britain: *Triggered*

[@dylannnnnnnnn]

I'll give you a tutorial. Step 1 boil some water and put a teabag in the cup. Step 2 when the water boils pour it in and wait 5 minutes Step 3 take the teabag out once the 5 minutes is over and pour in a dash of milk. Step 4 stir until combined and don't add sugar. P.S. Important to add just a dash of milk. Also I recommend a good builders tea.

[@winniehwm]

To get the best flavor of the tea, you should use hot boiled water and let it sit for a while. But in America, not too many people know this. Some ppl put a tea bag in warm water, and complain their tea tastes like water.

[@asgardali22]

Idk anyone in America that does that. We use a kettle with hot water 🙄

[@notgadot]

*flavoUr .learn english firzt!

[@hhh-rd7es]

In southeastern Fujian Province, the pronunciation of tea is the same as tea in English, and Fukeen is the most important tea producing area in the world before 1840s. Before 1757, East India Company buy tea directly from Fujian, and after that time, they import from Canton(because emperor forbid export in any ports except Canton in that year).

[@notgadot]

Are you chinese?

[@judyvalencia3257]

I always wondered how this English Tea thing got started.

[@notgadot]

The british taught popular things to the world. The global should thanks Britain for that. Even prince harrys wife couldn't be happy before she marry a british man.

[@ARandomPersonOnHere]

Tea is so popular a entire time was named after it

[@tiffanykushner821]

Why does the English language comprise of so many abbreviations that became legitimate words latter? Amazing.

[@satrioekowicaksono7452]

Because it actually not true. The studies about root of word is called etymology. Most of the abbreviations myth is already debunked.

[@brennanperry8001]

Another reason is because it's delicious

[@thearcsorcerer3762]

This channel has taught me that everything that countries say they made was actually made by a completely different country.

[@notgadot]

Countries didnt exist back then

[@deanjobling9659]

I love tea.especially with a biscuit to dip in it.

[@alain6702]

Always thought that the introduction of tea had something to do with India being a colony of Britain, nice video!

[@Idontcommentonvideos]

Surprisingly it was the British who introduced (widespread) tea to India

[@lerry2025]

I miss these videos

[@Nutleaf420]

I wanna know how many people stick their pinky (i couldnt care less if it has another name) finger out while drinkig tea cause i sure as hell dont.

[@jasminecruz7882]

Hell, I still stick my pinkie out even if it's just a regular glass of water! Old habits die hard, I suppose

[@FrenchFries879]

I like drinking either green tea or black tea sometimes i add milk and sugar but only in small amounts with black tea

[@hippoge7987]

Tea in Chinese is pronounced 'cha' and tea in Portuguese is pronounced 'chá', meaning that the Portuguese adopted the Chinese pronunciation. However, in other Western languages such as Spanish and French, the pronunciation of the word is a variation of 'tea'. Therefore, the theory that the Western pronunciation must come from "Transporte de Erva Aromatica" (which translates to "Transport of Aromatic Herbs") must be true. That is really amazing.

[@satrioekowicaksono7452]

No, tea abbreviations is real bs. The come from ancient china language for the word tê. Just quick search on google will give you the proof you need.

[@DoritoNugget]

It is also called ochya in Japanese so Japan *also* have adapted the word

[@notgadot]

@@satrioekowicaksono7452 ngapain sih ngulang2 komen gak penting. Dasar indon baperan

[@entertainmentsaga3749]

In India its chai

[@ajmalsafi13]

In Bangladesh it is still "CHA"

[@conner4991]

Thanks Cathrin

[@jaccolin8678]

0:55 NO. The word tea came from the Hokkien word for tea in Southern China and was then introduced by the Dutch.

[@emresolakyt]

Watching this whilst drinking my ssccond cup of tea this morning haha

[@Flow86767]

HAHA IT WAS THE PORTUGUESE :O

[@Duck-wc9de]

so catherine was the gilty for the opium wars, the fall of china and then for the rise of comunist china. if china was a free country probably they wont cover up the coronavirus... then... catherine is gilty for the pandemic.

[@Flow86767]

@@Duck-wc9de I would rather say that’s the fault of the first « thing » that ever existed for starting the whole chain of event that is this universe. If nothing would’ve existed, then Catherine wouldn’t have existed.

[@Duck-wc9de]

@@Flow86767 indeed! Ahahahahahah

[@unaanguila]

Thanks for sharing!

[@powandwow750]

I like green tea.

[@jeanclaudejunior]

I love tea so much I had it for breakfast every year

[@Abhi6x9]

I have had tea in morning from last 17 years

[@alienonacid9358]

That brew is weak af.. 🇬🇧

[@benabbott3235]

alien on acid ikr it looks like 3/4 🥛

[@aldochillgaming2381]

Britain has their tea, China has macha, Indonesia Has their wedang and Iced tea

[@umbrellacorp.]

God Save The Queen. 💂‍♂️👍

[@nathan3748]

Oooo I love PG and tetleys but Twining’s makes the best tea

[@ketchupacket]

Americans: I drink beer..COLD British: wtf is wrong with you?

[@Nutleaf420]

InfernoLegend980 i think a lot of people drink beer cold

[@bread_dawg]

I'm British and warm beer sounds nasty bro

[@64VideoGamesLane]

You're confusing beer and lager. Lager is always cold. Beer is cold or warm.

[@d1v1k40]

InfernoLegend980 we drink beer cold. Not ice cold. That is scientifically proven to ruin the taste but we have it chilled. Nobody drinks warm beer.

[@sufficientlyoldskool]

I've heard British people don't drink iced tea either. Or at least not as much as here in the states. Maybe they like warm things because it's always wet and dreary over there.

[@vangraff3478]

You're welcome England XD, also in Portuguese the word for tea is "Chá", which is almost identical to the Mandarin word for tea.

[@nomeyodomar]

The original word ;)

[@hht6676]

Colonization is the answer Took it from India 😏 P. S- Tea was first made by the chinese, but the Brit's got the addiction from India. Also Indian Tea is so much better 😏

[@winniehwm]

Actually, Brits didn't take tea from India. They imported tea from China. And they introduced tea to India. Look it up

[@basitejaz314]

winniehwm he's right you know

[@angelinadubois4842]

মaina woo bin ikr Europeans did was take from the rest of the world culture, land, resources everything.

[@ephraimmarquez5148]

winniehwm took? More like stole tea from chinese farmers.

[@tyriaa]

The got the tea from China, but their monopoly over all the tea went away after tea was found growing in India.

[@israelflores5448]

Very interesting background to a common beverage... yet, I'm still a coffee connoisseur :)

[@wanderingoryx3710]

Where are the jellied ellies?

[@andreah1104]

Wandering Oryx Eels

[@davidb5205]

Hopefully, left in the 18th Century where they belong.

[@wanderingoryx3710]

David Boucard 😾

[@Som-Hanoolaato]

Thanks for sharing

[@leosaduck7205]

Wow I love tea!!! My go to drink

[@Puppetnette]

Green tea 🍵 is my favourite.

[@luisvieira4033]

Thank the Portuguese. And also, the word tea comes from Catherine de Braganza using the Portuguese word “ti” ( Which kind of means “for you”. Example: “Um bolo para ti.” This sentence means “A cake for you.”), because she didn’t speak English very well.

[@RFC-3514]

No, it doesn't. It comes from an old Chinese word for tea, 茶 ("tê").

[@lazxrev]

America: How about ICED tea Britain: uuuuuhh… FFFFFFFFUUUCCCKKKKK

[@Joshua-yn5qp]

Força Portugal 🇵🇹

[@FreakFizzer]

The colours of them tea make me shiver. Just rank 😂

[@ilsunnylo3562]

You like tea because of the sugar and milk mostly. Tea leaves are bitter and aromatic by natural.

[@menacetosociety9076]

by nature* and astringent

[@Gungus-v1g]

Ilsunny Lo But it wouldn't taste the same without the tea. Warm milk and sugar by itself is disgusting

[@menacetosociety9076]

Huzufu my opinion but i like milk and sugar and i brew my tea in milk not water XD or just consume without milk

[@Gungus-v1g]

a kitten That's actually the incorrect way to make it. The fat in the milk emulsifies the tea bag, blocking it and causing little to no brewing to occur :P

[@user-qt9sc3mk1g]

a kitten Okay that just sounds wrong.

[@h.m.ha.n.h5328]

Well as an Arab, we obsesse over tea even more, you can't have any type of gathering or leisure time without some type of tea two cubes of sugar and milk. Most of us drink tea 2-5 times a day. Tea is even popular with children, I started drinking tea when I was 3.

[@zotoda]

in the north of england we have a builders brew 10 times a day or even more if were thirsty i've even got an XXXL cup to keep me satisfied for an hour

[@siewheilou399]

T.E.A.? A joke right? Not because of "The", or "Tee"?

[@mmmnye]

The origin (etymology) of the word "tea" is that it comes from the Amoy/Xiamen (廈門話) word for tea, "tê", (written as "茶"), which then got borrowed into Malay as teh, then into Dutch as thee. During the early 17th century, tea became popular in Britain and the Dutch brought tea with them to supply the demand. Therefore, through contact, the word was borrowed into English as "tea". Other English words such as "chai", "cha", and "char" ultimately come from Chinese (compare Mandarin "chá", Cantonese "caa4", written as "茶") "chai" comes from Hindustani (Hindu-Urdu) "चाय" (cāy) / "چای"‎ (ćāy) which was then borrowed into Farsi as "چای" chay, then turning into English "chai". [note the "ć" in the Urdu example and "c" in the Hindi example is pronounced as the "ch" sound in English] "cha" and "char" come from Cantonese "caa4", as British merchants mostly worked in that area. [note the "c" in the Cantonese example is roughly pronounced as a "ch" in English as well]

[@Duck-wc9de]

Catherine was not a popular queen in England because she was Catholic, which prevented her from being crowned. It was a special object of attack by the inventors of the Papist Plot. Without posterity, he left England the orange jam, the habit of drinking tea, in addition to introducing the use of cutlery and tobacco there

[@notgadot]

Catherine is English name. Spanish name is Katarina eeww

[@colinarmstrong3129]

England isn't Britain. Be accurate. Britain includes England, Scotland and Wales. The United Kingdom includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. You're welcome.

[@roryboytube]

yawn

[@ce1834]

She was married to Charles II, who was King of England (of which Wales was annexed into), Scotland and Ireland, since her court was centered around England not really that shocking, which then lended itself to the rest of what later becomes the UK

[@Ynno2]

@Keyrings Locks That's not quite correct. Lesser Britain (or Little Britain) is Brittany in France. Britain and Brittany are both derived from the Latin "Britannia". Some writers would refer to them as "Britannia major" and "Britannia minor".

[@budicaesar1213]

Actually the english word 'tea' comes from the dutch word 'thee' which has its origin from the malay word 'teh' (it wouldnt be from portuguese because the portuguese word for tea is 'chá' which comes from the Mandarin word chá)

[@budicaesar1213]

Oh yeah, and the malay word for tea actually comes from Hokkien Language/dialect 'tê', which has a more ancient origin rather than Mandarin

[@JKMT]

@@budicaesar1213 yea your correct i speak the chinese dialect and we call it teh, which is same as malay

[@jaypatrickdillon]

How'd you miss that tea was the cause of the opium wars?!?

[@RFC-3514]

Because the video is about "how tea *_came_* to England", not "what happened 150 years later".

[@yasminroberts9841]

Loving the tea cups

[@ItsEpicXD]

ENGLAND IS NOT MY CITY

[@mattymoore1107]

Toucanboi 'that's a neck' is illegal to say nowadays, it's a D E A D M E M E

[@jasmine9156]

and that’s the tea sis😎

[@chocolatecake6588]

They don't even lol. They aren't even in the top 5 for most tea drank per capita.

[@arniecalang4583]

Third

[@siewheilou399]

Who are the 1st and 2nd?

[@Seetor]

SiewHei Lou Japan and China I'd assume. No idea who's first though.

[@EHasar]

Turkish person here ✋ We drink tea in breakfast, after meal, hanging with friends, watching TV or else... Always, actually.

[@Gungus-v1g]

ChocolateCake Stop chatting shit you dumb fuck. Almost everyone I know drinks tea and also *we are* in the top 5.

[@tiagomonteiro1742]

Its Catarina de Bragança, here in Portugal

[@MartinTabanag]

it was the chinese who introduced them the tea? woah

[@heichiro091]

basically the British became drug dealers just to buy tea from China, that's why there is called Opium Wars

[@MartinTabanag]

heichiro09 that's more interesting. Imagine how they shipped it before

[@vangraff3478]

Portuguese*

[@zotoda]

at first the British brought tea with tea with silver but thought it was too expensive so they grew drugs in india sold it in china 1st opium war, Britain won got hong kong islands 2nd opium war, Britain won got a nice new extension called new territories later tea was smuggled out of china grew in india cheap tea anyone!?! Massive profits for the East india company queen vics now a rich bi*ch god save the queen

[@leezzachan4847]

*wheeze* snorts,*UNCULTURED SWINE*

[@potatopooter4071]

And they've got SPICES!

[@johnmarston6643]

Do they really drink tea every day? Like have a special time set just for tea drinking? Weird

[@ashtonvickers928]

John Marston no we don't have "a special tea time" people just drink it like you would drink a cup of coffee but not everyone here likes tea

[@johnmarston6643]

ashton vickers ah, got it. I guess it’s a wrong stereotype here in the states then

[@ashtonvickers928]

John Marston yep

[@andreah1104]

John Marston No.

[@geollizzie2459]

Unless we are having an afternoon tea, where we sit down drinking tea from nice china and eat small sandwiches, scones and little cakes. But that’s something you might only do on a special occasion or a few times a year. I love it though.

[@sledpungo]

All of the tea in this video was shoCkingly under brewed.

[@anggastapratama2370]

you know great tea is made by throw them from ship at time of war

[@laurahuynh8333]

Boston Tea Party

[@elberthemam6101]

Catherine depicted here is Beryl Shrewesky

[@Adirtan]

lies... you didnt see Asterix and Obelix in Britain?

[@noabortion9537]

Fayewel Retribution It's CNN. They are fake news.

[@Coldheart61595]

I read somewhere that tea is high demand in UK and ran out of something to exchange to china, decided exchange drugs that's unfamiliar to the chinese. It did work though, china loved that drug but kinds tuin their lifestyle

[@lemonman6064]

wait china introduced tea to us?

[@Javier-gl3xo]

They Brits bought so much tea that there was more money going out than coming in so the Brits introduced the opium to the Chinese. They became so obsesed with it, that they banned the Opium but the Brits continued selling it to the Chinese. A war started and since it was during the industrial revolution, the Brits had better weapons and destroyed the Chinese.

[@lemonman6064]

Javier Pelayo Navarro, woah. You are super smart

[@dogedoge4062]

china sold the tea, then, the brits stole the tea from china like a pirate.

[@Amit_R_Tudu]

Jacob Lawrence But they showed us Portuguese 🤔

[@cerialmunic7965]

In the nutshell, the British decided to become a drug dealer just to get some tea...... *ADJUSTS MONOCLE*

[@linshanhsiang]

The zen tradition has it that a monk was meditating and kept falling asleep. So he ripped off his eyelids and threw them on the ground. And where they fell a tea plant grew.

[@kiel_3222]

Wow...for the first time I was early....I wasn't expecTEAing than tbh.....

[@gapster77]

It is said that the British Empire was built on Cups of Tea, however it would seem it was chronologically half way there before Tea was popularised and ingrained into it culturally. I enjoy Tea very much so myself, particularly Assam (a good Tea for Hard Water areas). When I enjoy a cup of Tea I sometimes fantasise how almost a quarter of the Planets Land mass was governed by the Brits, other people less advantaged than ourselves were bent to Britannia’s Yoke, taken advantage of, and put to work for the betterment of our Isles. We would bring Civilisation to these people, but would take from them far far more, casting them aside when our interest was depleted. Our territories linked by Sea lanes won and defended by a superior British Navy. The Earth would turn on its axis, and Britain would see Night and Day, yet the Sun would never set on the Union Jack, such was the expanse of the Empire, an Empire that was the largest known in Human History. ...then my thoughts return back to the present, I will contemplate the country in its current condition, and sigh. Imagine if another Empire rose from any place in the world now, with the amount of people we have on the planet currently, for it to be successful many many people would be killed. Is it even possible for that to happen in this day and age? Maybe these wars that lead to such Empires have just changed to those of Political and Financial, International Trade Unions ensuring the Rich stay Rich and the 2nd & 3rd World country’s stay exactly where the 1st World want them. If there is a commodity that can not be Monopolised then a War can be instigated for a justified reason, and that commodity can then be conveniently gained through the liberation of that country, a new government can be put in place and thereby concessions from the new government for that commodity won ...are things really any different?

[@sianachemelian6469]

Im from spain and i drink tea