[Sca-cooks] Tea

[Terry Decker]

Tea was introduced into Europe by the Dutch in 1610.  Tea was introduced into England from Dutch sources in 1657.  The English East India Company began commercial importation of tea into England in 1669 with 143 1/2 pounds of tea from Bantam, Java.

Information from Ukers, William H., All About Tea; New York, Thew Tea and Coffee Trade Journal, 1935. All About Tea, Volume 1 : Ukers, William H. (William Harrison), 1873-1945 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive [https://archive.org/details/AllAboutTeaV1/mode/2up]

So Pepys tried tea within three years of it becoming available.

Bear

On 9/1/2021 6:46:35 PM, David Friedman <ddfr at daviddfriedman.com> wrote:
I've been reading Pepys diary, and came across the following, written in
1660:

/I did send for a cup of tee (a China drink) of which I never had drank
before,/

So in 1660 tea was available in London but still sufficiently exotic so
that Pepys notes what it is in his diary.

--
David Friedman
www.daviddfriedman.com
http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/

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