In 1560 the first European to encounter tea and write about it was Jasper de Cruz, a missionary on Portugals first commercial trade journey to China. Portugal, the most advanced navy at the time, was the first European country to gain the right of trade with China.
TEA IN 1560…
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CUPCAKES AND WHOOPIE PIE WORKSHOP IN GLASGOW…
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ENJOY YOUR TEA IN rigby & mac STYLE…
Enjoy your tea with this Boho ceramic teapot in off white with blue and orange design. and have it with… this boho milk jug to match, which of course can only be enjoyed in their […]
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BAKING TIP…
If your baking trays and tins have lost their non-stickiness then try the ‘Tefal Airbake’ range, www.tefal.co.uk Air is trapped between the two layers of aluminium and stops the top sheet from overheating and burning […]
Interesting. Didn’t Marco Polo say anything at all about tea?
‘I have not told half of what I saw’ is the only one I can remember – can’t remember any about tea?
And from then, it took another 46 years until the first tea chests in Europe arrived in Amsterdam, in 1606.
Thanks for that info Tom, you should go on egg heads you would win hands down :)):)
Thus began the escalation of ‘Tea Drnking’….Now touted as the ‘National Drink’ :>>
That’s so true 🙂 x