Tea’s Jesuit Connections

24Aug06

While tea was flourishing as the beverage of choice in the far east for 5000 years, word about this remarkable drink still hadn’t reached Europe. But all that changed in the 16th century. In the 1500s, Portugal was the dominant European trading partner with the far east. It’s ships ruled the seas, and it is […]

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