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is a humble mild-mannered beverage from China whose association with colorful, far-off lands fabled for richly textured fabrics, aromatic spices, and delicate porcelain tableware fired the imagination and stimulated the palate of upper-class Europeans in the early seventeenth century.

Tea’s association with colorful, far-off lands fabled for richly textured fabrics, aromatic spices, and delicate porcelain tableware helps to explain how a humble commodity from China came to both fire the imagination and stimulate the palate of upper-class Europeans in the early seventeenth century. Eventually this commodity would capture the attention of the entire Western world. This sweeping history, contained in a single cup of tea, is a riveting narrative that belies the gentle and relaxing nature of this mild-mannered beverage.

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