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The Birth of Tea in Britain: A 17th-Century Introduction The story begins in the early 1600s, when tea first made its way into Britain. Historical records tell us that the Dutch East India Company imported tea as early as 1610 ...

I remember the first time I became genuinely curious about black tea’s history: I was standing in front of an antique tea chest in a small museum in London, with a faint aroma of dried leaves—like old books, dust, and a whisper of someth...