26 min
London Drinking Culture - Tea Views on London Podcast
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- Leisure
This Podcast Explores the things that help define London and the British and todays subject is Tea – and why its so in grained in the British Psyche. We will look at the facts, its history, how to drink it and why is so hard to get a decent cup of tea in London.
Tea is the most widely consumed substance after Air and water,
It propped up the British empire, helped the industrial revolution defined class, funded wars and made life more bearable
For example
Its effect on the British
It Drove society - In Victorian society ladies regularly visited each other and had had tea their social networking It Drove Commerce – Made business more productive when they met in coffee house to strike deals or exchange information in a sober manner with of tea or coffee It Drove International Trade - government helped to establish tea as main drink for the empire and exported to its colonies and collected taxes. And in the late 17c the government a Tax on tea that went up to 119% and accounted for almost 10% of its revenue.
However this led to a rich trade in Smuggled tea!
It helped the Industrial revolution and made the workforce more productive - sweet drink – and energising them - plus purifies the water - up until then the nations was dependant on beer as the only dependable safe drink - therefore it made us less dependant on alcohol It created to wars - the Opium wars with China in the Victorian era ( mid 1800) and the American Revolution (Boston Tea Party) in the 1773 An it’s Protected by Government - So much so that in WWII – tea stock were hidden and stored in strategic locations and was part of the key supply line for the British troops.
An it has always been – Anytime any place anywhere –
it’s best known as the general drink to Welcoming people of the Btitish - come in for a cuppa and for a gossip!
But we have it formally for
Breakfast
Tea breaks
Afternoon tea
High tea/ Tea (traditional common word for evening meal at 6:00 - Teatime
Even as a night cap hydrate after a drinking session – especially with Toast and a chat.
This Podcast Explores the things that help define London and the British and todays subject is Tea – and why its so in grained in the British Psyche. We will look at the facts, its history, how to drink it and why is so hard to get a decent cup of tea in London.
Tea is the most widely consumed substance after Air and water,
It propped up the British empire, helped the industrial revolution defined class, funded wars and made life more bearable
For example
Its effect on the British
It Drove society - In Victorian society ladies regularly visited each other and had had tea their social networking It Drove Commerce – Made business more productive when they met in coffee house to strike deals or exchange information in a sober manner with of tea or coffee It Drove International Trade - government helped to establish tea as main drink for the empire and exported to its colonies and collected taxes. And in the late 17c the government a Tax on tea that went up to 119% and accounted for almost 10% of its revenue.
However this led to a rich trade in Smuggled tea!
It helped the Industrial revolution and made the workforce more productive - sweet drink – and energising them - plus purifies the water - up until then the nations was dependant on beer as the only dependable safe drink - therefore it made us less dependant on alcohol It created to wars - the Opium wars with China in the Victorian era ( mid 1800) and the American Revolution (Boston Tea Party) in the 1773 An it’s Protected by Government - So much so that in WWII – tea stock were hidden and stored in strategic locations and was part of the key supply line for the British troops.
An it has always been – Anytime any place anywhere –
it’s best known as the general drink to Welcoming people of the Btitish - come in for a cuppa and for a gossip!
But we have it formally for
Breakfast
Tea breaks
Afternoon tea
High tea/ Tea (traditional common word for evening meal at 6:00 - Teatime
Even as a night cap hydrate after a drinking session – especially with Toast and a chat.
26 min