[Sca-cooks] Chinese tea

[Mark S. Harris]

Morgana LeCoeur asked:
> So a friend of mine would like to have a small tea at an upcoming event.
> She mentioned oolong (her favorite) so I suggested serving Chinese tea
> goodies.  [Bonus point for shoehorning it into period.]

I think it would be easier to stretch your definition of "period" to
include China. For Europe, tea (cha) is 17th century. There is a little
on this in:

tea-msg            (5K)  6/13/02    Tea, cha. When it appeared in Europe.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/tea-msg.html


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