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    Tea has long been an important part of British culture. The British preference for black tea can be traced back to the 1600s, when the East India Company began importing tea leaves from Asia. While other European countries were drinking coffee imported from Africa, the British developed a tradition of afternoon tea involving black tea with milk and biscuits. Today, the UK remains one of the top tea consuming countries per capita globally. Although tea drinking habits have evolved somewhat, with the rise of coffee shops, tea retains its role as a symbol of British tradition.

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    Tea has long been an important part of British culture. The British preference for black tea can be traced back to the 1600s, when the East India Company began importing tea leaves from Asia. While other European countries were drinking coffee imported from Africa, the British developed a tradition of afternoon tea involving black tea with milk and biscuits. Today, the UK remains one of the top tea consuming countries per capita globally. Although tea drinking habits have evolved somewhat, with the rise of coffee shops, tea retains its role as a symbol of British tradition.

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    Tea has long been an important part of British culture. The British preference for black tea can be traced back to the 1600s, when the East India Company began importing tea leaves from Asia. While other European countries were drinking coffee imported from Africa, the British developed a tradition of afternoon tea involving black tea with milk and biscuits. Today, the UK remains one of the top tea consuming countries per capita globally. Although tea drinking habits have evolved somewhat, with the rise of coffee shops, tea retains its role as a symbol of British tradition.

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    Tea in the British Culture

    For many years, tea has been an important symbol of the British Culture, but why?
    Tea is a beverage that is prepared by pouring boiling water to the cured leaves of Camellia
    Sinensis, a plant native from East Asia, from this plant we can get many types of tea, the
    most popular ones are the green and black tea. The difference between these two types of
    teas is how much oxidized they are, if the cured leaves are more oxidized, then it is a black
    tea.
    British prefer Black Tea, and the Teas History Consumption in the UK starts in the mid
    1600 hundreds, when the East India Company traveled to Asia, in order to find tea in this
    area, after finding it, the British tea supplies increased, this increasing helped the British
    economy after being excluded from the European Coffee Importation, during the war UK
    had with Spain and France at the Time. Because of the closeness that French and Spain
    have from Africa, the coffee that Europe was drinking at the time was first brought to
    these two countries from northern African countries. Spain and France then moved coffee
    all over the continent, but to the UK. The UK stared consuming tea while other countries in
    Europe started drinking coffee.
    In nowadays British People conserve the Tea Drinking Tradition, having tea usually at 4pm
    in the afternoon, mostly black tea with biscuits, and milk. There have been lots of theories
    about the milk and tea together; some people prefer to add the tea and then milk or vice
    versa. Scientist in TCL say that tea made in a cup should have the milk added after the
    water in order to not interfering with the brewing process, but if the tea is made in a pot,
    the milk should be added first to the cup.
    In 2003, there were reports that said that the Tea Consumption in the UK came down in
    the last decade, because of the Espresso Tea Sales, however The UK occupies the 14 th
    place in the Rank of ounces of tea per capita with 46 oz. Even if Tea Consumption in the UK
    has declined, it still is a very unique and traditional custom that will last for years to come
    as a symbol of elegance.

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