Tea and Tang Dynasti tea set.
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In her novels, Agatha Christie stated that English people love having afternoon tea. In 1657, an advertisement in London Mercurius Politicus Newspaper introduced tea to English society for the first time. It stated tcha or tee, a Chinese drink that can heal various illnesses.
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Tea is useful for health, relaxation, and even beauty.
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Tea party by Louis Moeller (1905).
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As tea has a long history, it has proved itself as a popular drink in the world.
Catherine of Braganza, a Portuguese who married King Charles II in 1662, promoted tea as a daily drink.
In 1664 East India Company, an English trade partnership brought tcha or tee and then as known as tea from Java.
Catherine of Braganza.
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From the 1700s to the beginning of 1800, English noblemen and noblewomen ate two times, namely at breakfast and dinner. They also had a light lunch. As dinner time was late time by time until 19.00 or more, there was a light snack and a cup of tea as the drink.
In the middle of 1700, China as the main tea exporter also introduced tea to English society. Because high delivery fee, just English noblemen or noblewomen purchased it.
Meanwhile, in the middle of the 19th century, Anna Maria Russell, the 7th Duchess of Bedford or Queen Victoria's Bedchamber Lady, felt starving because of late dinner time at 20.00. Therefore, she asked for some tea, bread, and butter in the afternoon as a snack before dinner. She often invited her friends to enjoy it in her bedroom in Wobburn Abbey. As she continued her habits until she came back to London, her afternoon tea event became popular with the upper class. The tea custom used to be held by English noblewomen in the drawing broom. They wore beautiful gowns, gloves, and hats.
Anna Maria Russell.
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Alice in Wonderland describes the complexity of the tea ritual. It demands not just polite clothes, but also table manners and body posture.
Automatically, a tea set consisting of a teapot, cups, saucers, and so on, becomes so popular. The tea set is not just for drinking tea, but also as a collection.
Teapots wholesale provides various beautiful tea sets, namely Chinese style, Japanese style, European style, etc.
Porcelain Chinese tea set.
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Modern Chinese tea set.
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Hand painted Chinese tea set.
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Chinese wedding tea set.
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Wedding gift tea set.
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Gaiwan or Chinese cover bowl consisting of a bowl, lid, and saucer. It is originated in Tang Dynasty in Sichuan Province and popularized in Beijing during Qing Dynasty.
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Gaiwan.
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Stoneware Japanese style tea set.
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Japanese style hand printed porcelain tea set.
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Japanese style marble porcelain tea set.
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Small European Nordic tea set.
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European afternoon tea set.
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Nordic tea set.
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And it's so lovely if I can bring the tea set when traveling. Imagine it! Having a portable tea set for outdoor. Sipping some tea in fresh nature...
Travel tea set.
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Having a cup of tea becomes a cultural and social event currently. In afternoon tea, there are also some little sweet cakes, cookies, sandwiches, and scones to accompany the tea preserved in a low tea or coffee table near the sofa.
Afternoon tea set.
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Different from afternoon tea, high tea is a tea-drinking tradition by English employees. Usually, they do it from 17.00 to 19.00 because they feel starving when they go home at 16.00 to 17.00 after working hard. Because dinner time is still in a few hours, they have some cups of tea and meat pies which are enough satiate.
Afternoon tea.
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The food provided in a high tea is harder than food in an afternoon tea. There are some slices of bread, cheese, and various salads on the dining table. That high tea term comes from the height of the dining table which is higher than tea-table or coffee-table.
High tea.
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High tea.
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Chinese Tea Online Shop provides various tea consisting of:
Oolong tea
Oolong tea is a semi-oxidized tea that has a sweet flavor from grassy green to nutty fruity. As it is a mixture of black tea and green tea, it has the benefit of less caffeine than black tea, but it has the goodness of green tea. A daily cup or two is useful for decreasing or maintaining weight, increasing heart health, reducing stress, avoiding certain cancers, reducing blood sugar levels, and improving gut health.
Oolong tea.
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Pu erh tea (assamica tea)
Pu erh tea is dark tea mainly produced in Xishuangbanna, Linyi, and Puerh in Yunnan Province. Around 1,000 years ago there was Ancient Tea Route or Tea Horse Road which distributed tea bricks and cakes by horses from Pu erh City to Bengal, Burma, Tibet, and Central China. Pu erh tea has 2 types, namely raw and ripe.
Pu erh tea.
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Green tea
Green tea originates in China in 2737 BC. At first, it was just consumed by the highest tiers of Chinese society. In 1400 it was consumed publicly as medicine and refreshment. During that time, there was Cha Jing (The Classic of Tea) by Lu Yu who described green tea culture and art.
As green tea is non-fermented tea, it maintains natural substances in its leaves. It has the benefit of high antioxidants for health and anti-aging. Green tea has some varieties consisting of Longjing tea, Biluochun tea, Majian tea and so on.
Green tea.
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Flower tea
Flower tea has various types consisting of Osmanthus, Chinese jujubes, Bozhou fungyuan large grain semen cassia tea, water hibiscus, lavender, jasmine, rose, and so on. Flower tea is wonderful for anti-aging. Yet, make sure you don't suffer from any allergy to the flower.
Flower tea.
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Black tea
Black tea is an oxidized tea of Camellia Sinensis Sinensis and Camellia Sinensis Assamica. It has the characteristics of black tea, red soup, red leaves, and a sweet taste.
The tea farmers in the Wuyishan tea area of Fujian during the Ming Dynasty in China invented the world’s first black tea. The leaves were darker because of the oxidation process by the sun. To create Lapsang Souchong (one of the first black teas), the leaves are also smoked over pinewood to accelerate the drying process. Besides lapsang souchong, the main varieties are jin jun mei and dian hong tea.
Black tea.
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Herbal tea
Herbal tea consists of Kuding tea, Wild Dragon Beard Gynostemma pentaphyllum tea, and licorice tablets.
Herbal tea.
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White tea
As white tea originates from young leaves of Camellia Sinensis and has been processed specifically, it has high antioxidants which are good for minimizing cardiovascular disturbances, obstructing the oxidation of bad cholesterol, facing free radicals, enhancing teeth health, and decreasing weight.
White tea.
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Which kind of tea do you love? ^.^
Recipe of Honey Lemon Black Tea 
Ingredients:
1 glass black tea (0.5 tsp black tea and 1 glass of hot water)
2 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp honey
Lemon slice
How to make:
1. Add honey and lemon juice to a glass of black tea.
2. Add slice of lemon.
3. Ready to drink.
Let's have a cup of tea and be happy!
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