Did you know that in 1662 King Charles II of England married Portuguese Infanta Catherine de Braganza, who introduced and made very popular the custom of drinking ‘tea’ in England.
TEA AND KING CHARLES II …
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I never knew that how interesting so we have a Portuguese lady to be thankful for bringing the custom of tea drinking to England 😉 xx
You learn something new every day lilian 🙂 x
You would not have expected tea being introduced by a Portugese, would you?
Never in a million years hutt 🙂