English tea drinking tradition.
English tea drinking tradition comprises three and a half a century, but hardly other tea culture can be compared to so strong tradition and well-known historic figures. After all, English tea drinking culture inseparably linked with the history of the British crown.
The young queen Victoria became the first British who has made a tea drink a constant drink in the life of an Englishman. We are also obliged to Victoria not only the Indian but also Ceylon black tea that are considered them as English favorites teas. The queen has left to us “Tea Moralities” - with her own handwritten rules of tea etiquette which have been laid down in a basis of the European traditions of a business dialogue. Everywhere in evry town in England you will be able to buy cheap tea and it’s low price can be explained by a wide development of tea across England.
If you are in England you will be offered quite a wide choice of various grades of tea, after all flavouring preferences are very individual. You will be given a wooden casket with tea and you will be the first to open it and choose the most tasty one, like for instance, nice darjeeling tea. If a visitor shows indecision, it is necessary to tell about the country of this tea growth, features of character of this or that tea mix. The chosen tea will be made in a separate small brewing teapot, even if tea is served in small packets. The tea little table is usually low and on 1-15 cm below lunch also is covered by a beautiful monophonic cloth.
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