The Asian Leaf that Conquered the World
by
Markman Ellis, Richard Coulton, Matthew Mauger
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Although tea had been known and consumed in China and Japan for centuries, it was only in the seventeenth century that Londoners first began drinking it. Over the next two hundred years, its stimulating properties seduced all of British society, as tea found its way into cottages and castles alike....