The history of tea in Britain - Professor Markman Ellis, Dr Matthew Mauger, Dr Richard Coulton

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In 2015, it was announced that researchers from Queen Mary University of London found what they believe to be the oldest tea in Britain. The dried green tea was acquired in China, around the year 1700, by ship’s surgeon James Cuninghame, who subsequently gave it as a gift to the famous physician and collector of curiosities, Hans Sloane. In this video, the research team discuss the significance of their discovery and their work as historians of Britain's favourite drink.

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@sometimesrex 4 года назад

Thank you Queen Catherine of Braganza for bringing your tradition of class and manners from the Kingdom of Portugal. Brits were tired of belching out ale all over the dining room floors.

@aclark903 Год назад

Wasn't #wine 🍷 a popular foreign commodity in Britain before tea was?

@Miramex 3 года назад

two Doctors and one Professor that actually know less History than me,... I´ll be damned x)

@Omerath9 5 лет назад

Pretty shameful that no mention is given to Catherine of Braganza, who was the one that actually made tea popular in England in the 17th century amongst the aristocracy! And the so-called "medicinal tea" that first arrived in England was actually sent from Macau, a Portuguese colony. Once again, English historiography at its best; whitewashing foreign influence in their history, and passing it as their own doing.

@0sba 4 года назад

you mad bro?

@ajrwilde14 2 года назад

that's not the correct usage of the term 'white-washing'

@gglee7055 2 года назад

“The world began to learn of China’s tea secret in the early 1600s, when Dutch traders started bringing it to Europe in large quantities. It first arrived in Britain in the 1650s, when it was served as a novelty in London’s coffee houses. Back then, tea was a rare drink that very few consumed. The famous diarist Samuel Pepys wrote about his first tea experience in 1660 with the entry “and afterwards I did send for a cup of tee (a China drink) of which I had never drank before, and went away”. OK, we can't quite say if he was a fan or not, but he does have the honour of being the first recorded Briton to drink something which is now quintessentially British. However, it may have been the wife of King Charles II, two years later, who we have to thank for popularising tea in the UK. In 1662, the newly restored monarch married Catherine of Braganza, the daughter of Portugal’s King John IV. She became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, and, more to the point, she's regarded as starting the tea trend in Britain.” ~ Credit: bbc.co.uk

@park_jiminx_x7337 Год назад

They can't say that because that will change the fact that the only reason why british ppl started drinking it was because the royal family did. Not because they actually liked the taste

@rosagomez8411 2 года назад

Gracias a Catalina de Braganza... Infanta portuguesa

@algueiraovelho 3 года назад

Unbelievable not even a mention of Catherine of Braganza. Get your facts right.

@StopFear 5 лет назад

I tried many green teas, tried oolong tea, the two teas the mention. The really dark black tea is still the best.

@khricket 4 года назад

But have you tried pu erh? My favourite tbh. What notes do you get from the dark black tea that puts it above all of the others?

@williamedgarperrigo9813 4 года назад

@StopFear - of course the addition of milk is a oddity. I mean, if one wants hot chocolate one would just drink hot chocolate! cheers!

@zinzolin14 Год назад

Have you had Matcha? I'm more of a black tea guy, but I enjoy a variety of teas.

@StopFear Год назад

@@khricket yes, pu reh is a very nice tea with a unique flavor. I also recommend it. Why I mentioned black tea being my favorite is because it seems more versatile in how it could be used. It could be drank without milk or sugar, or with one or both. It also has enough caffeine that it has that slight flavor difference that in my case satisfies my caffeine craving. I tried “decaffeinated” black teas but while they kind of taste like real black tea, they do not have that “zing” or taste the tongue feels when caffeine is present. In my family black tea is used all the time as either drink with food, or alone. When I tried green tea for that same use it’s not always as good when you’re eating some meat, or some kind of greasy food.

@StopFear Год назад

@@zinzolin14 Yes, matcha is a very interesting tea. The problem with it for me is that while it’s very good, if it’s properly strong as I’ve seen some experts show me, it has that “astringent” or “mouth drying” sensation that is too strong for me. A couple times when I drank it on an empty stomach I even felt nauseous afterward.

@arabic1976 2 года назад

بارك الله كم

@likewaterforcoffee1570 4 месяца назад

Ooo what’s for tea?!

@sidmohandas5163 2 года назад

Britain "discovered" tea...

@Bellocks1 Год назад

No mention of Queen Catherine in this. Ridiculous. Also for all the words these “professors” throw around like tannin, caffeine, oxidised about it, the one still squeeze the bag into the cup at 2:27 - which does nothing for the strength of the cup just releases more tannic acid into it. Just let it brew longer.

@harrydavidsonmuhammed4437 3 года назад

Genius

@Heresheis0818 Год назад

Life is meaningless without black tea

@idontwanttogoback236 4 года назад

I wonder if these guy ever step on an ant purposely

@nylehotaling675 2 года назад

The tea drinking custom of Britain was primarily of Celts, who had become anglicised. Celts should best speak Gaelic language- herein is a word to the wise; speaking English causes a condition of incredibly low vitality; the condition, called Jecethmeqeswyeq (proto-Celtic language) can involved very incredibly low vitality. Frisians were the Anglican or Brythonic ones; by the end of that old Pisces aeon, the Patriarchal Attribution was fully removed from the planet; from possibility. This is also true of the Dutch and Finnish ones. Fles, Saxons and Jutes were Three Celtic tribes; to call Fles Angles is less correct, and can be misleading. Britain was removed from the sublime world 13 Hierarchical Countries, and was replaced by Scotland. Ireland and this country, best called Nova Scotia or Alba Nuadh, are of the Archetypical ones. With these removals, the Patriarchal Attribution of this land became fully Celtic- the indication for Scottish Gaelic is the topmost, or primary one. Very incredibly low vitality, pandemic is the current condition. Good English Tonality was the primary source of energy, that old Pisces aeon, for a great many- English Tonality actually isn't possible, now. With the condition, people could drink a great amount of tea- nine or ten cups a day, possibly! Green tea, sometimes is probably good. Matcha occasionally, perhaps. Generally, black tea simply, best. A plan for to get more energy, vitality, renewal should best involve changing both the language and national Name used- I will suggest there has generally been some curse for those bearing the tribal marking U.S.A.; no way to shake it off- easy this aeon, if any remains- as good as to change the name as well as language. One can also find the "House Of The True Heart" in such Rezefede, or Return, Patriarchal Attribution and blessing...