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     • The storied tale of Catherine of Braganza introducing tea to Great Britain often claims she arrived in England to marry Charles II and brought tea from Portugal with her. Her change of scenery in England did not change her tea-drinking habit; she is credited with popularizing tea-drinking due to her influence as a queen on her royal court.
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   Did Catherine of Braganza drink tea?

   • Of course, we know Catherine of Braganza wasn’t the first to introduce tea in Britain — Samuel Pepys talked about it two years earlier — but she did turn drinking it into a fad at court, a social habit between her ladies, dazzled by the beauty of the porcelain teapots, saucers and cups she brought with her.

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   How did tea become a popular drink?

   • The commodity was imported by Dutch traders from China and consequently taxed heavily by multiple governments, making it a costly drink and status symbol of the aristocracy and gentry. It eventually gained popularity amongst the social elite in 1662 when Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II, presented tea as a drink at court.

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   When did tea become a popular drink in England?

   • Tea was practically unknown in Europe until the mid-1600s. But in England, it got an early PR boost from Catherine of Braganza, a celebrity who became its ambassador: The Portuguese royal favored the infusion, and when she married England's Charles II in 1662, tea became the "it" drink among the British upper classes.

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   Do the British drink tea?

   • Contrary to popular opinion, the British have not been drinking tea since the beginning of time. While tea has become distinctly associated with British sensibilities and culture, they discovered tea rather late in the game.

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3. www.britishmuseum.org › blog › tea-rific-historyThe tea-rific history of Victorian afternoon tea | British Museum

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   Aug 14, 2020 · British tea-drinking pre-dates the introduction of afternoon tea by a couple of hundred years, having first been popularised in England by King Charles II and his Portuguese wife, Catherine de Braganza, in the 1600s.

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   But Catherine did more for tea than tug along a trunk of tea leaves in her luggage: she brought with her an infinite source of tea as part of her dowry, as well as a secret treaty that ensured the help of the English in safeguarding Portugal’s independence from Spain, and regaining Portuguese territories from the Dutch.

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   Jul 17, 2019 · Catherine introduced tea into English society as a beverage to drink in courtly residences. And the domestication of tea only continued as time went on. Surprisingly, when tea, hot chocolate, and coffee were introduced to early modern England, it was actually coffee that became popular first.

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   Aug 3, 2023 · Queen Catherine's legacy as the first British tea-drinking queen extends beyond merely enjoying the beverage herself. Her patronage of tea not only contributed to the tea industry's growth but also catalyzed a social revolution in British society.

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   Apr 7, 2015 · Catherine of Braganza was an early celebrity endorser of tea. After she wed Charles II, the fad for tea took off among the British nobility.

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   It eventually gained popularity amongst the social elite in 1662 when Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II, presented tea as a drink at court. Catherine ‘sought out the best teas available’ and taught her court ‘how to brew tea that was quite pleasurable to drink,’ making ‘tea.

10. blog.englishteastore.com › 2013/02/01 › tea-pioneersTea Pioneers: Catherine of Braganza – Tea Blog

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    Feb 1, 2013 · To name just a few, there’s the one about the Chinese emperor who discovered tea some centuries ago when tea leaves drifted on the wind into a kettle of water he was boiling. There’s the one about monkey-picked tea, and there’s the ever popular one about rinsing tea for 30 seconds to decaffeinate it.