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The History of Tea
In her book, Liquid Jade , Beatrice Hohenegger covers 5,000 years of the politics and culture of tea – from it’s early medicinal and spiritual uses in the East, to the trade wars with the West and it’s eventual introduction to English society, where it was used to sober-up an increasingly drunken Great Britain.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readIn her book, Liquid Jade, Beatrice Hohenegger covers 5,000 years of the politics and culture of tea – from it’s early medicinal and spiritual uses in the East, to the trade wars with the West and it’s eventual introduction to English society, where it was used to sober-up an increasingly drunken Great Britain.
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Sugar Substitutes; The Methane Digester; The History of Tea
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