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Fun Fact - Tea used to be eaten as a vegetable in China, but around 1500 years ago, it was learned that it could be steeped in water to make a liquid with similar benefits -                                    Ted Ed

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Fun Fact - Tea used to be eaten as a vegetable in China, but around 1500 years ago, it was learned that it could be steeped in water to make a liquid with similar benefits -                                    Ted Ed

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 English did not gravitate towards tea immediately. Coffee remained the preferred drink in coffee houses frequented mainly by men. 

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 English did not gravitate towards tea immediately. Coffee remained the preferred drink in coffee houses frequented mainly by men. 

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By the early 1700s, the British East India Company established itself as the dominant trading power and would go on to monopolize the tea trade with China.

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By the early 1700s, the British East India Company established itself as the dominant trading power and would go on to monopolize the tea trade with China.

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Trade was  facilitated by new forms of maritime cargo vessels

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Trade was  facilitated by new forms of maritime cargo vessels

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Tea chests were used when transporting and trading tea from port to port

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Tea chests were used when transporting and trading tea from port to port

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 Brick or compressed tea, portable and long-lasting, became so important in Inner Asian economies: it was used as a form of currency

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 Brick or compressed tea, portable and long-lasting, became so important in Inner Asian economies: it was used as a form of currency

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Qing dynasty: the tea trade with Mongolia and Tibet was dominated by well-organized Chinese caravan traders.

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Qing dynasty: the tea trade with Mongolia and Tibet was dominated by well-organized Chinese caravan traders.

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Camellia sinensis: the leaves used to make tea

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Camellia sinensis: the leaves used to make tea

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It was thought that tea was first made by leaves accidentally fell into the emperor Shen Nung's cup of boiling water

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It was thought that tea was first made by leaves accidentally fell into the emperor Shen Nung's cup of boiling water

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 The Chinese likely learned about tea from either natives of northern India, or tribesmen from Southeast Asia. 

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 The Chinese likely learned about tea from either natives of northern India, or tribesmen from Southeast Asia. 

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Caffeine has been around for thousands of years and was first extracted from cocoa beans. This was them formed into a white, powder at around the 1820’s.

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Caffeine has been around for thousands of years and was first extracted from cocoa beans. This was them formed into a white, powder at around the 1820’s.

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Tea grows in tropical and subtropical climates

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Tea grows in tropical and subtropical climates

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Tea was first produced and grown in Japan, China, and Sri Lanka

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Tea was first produced and grown in Japan, China, and Sri Lanka