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History of tea


00:00:38 1 Geographic origins
00:02:28 2 Origin myths
00:04:26 3 Early history
00:04:36 3.1 China
00:11:17 3.1.1 Hong Kong
00:11:34 3.2 Japan
00:14:19 3.3 Korea
00:16:10 3.4 Vietnam
00:16:57 4 Global expansion
00:18:53 4.1 Portugal and Italy
00:19:44 4.2 India
00:22:35 4.3 Iran
00:23:11 4.4 Taiwan
00:23:48 4.5 Thailand
00:24:50 4.6 Turkey
00:25:09 4.7 United Kingdom
00:31:08 4.8 United States
00:32:20 4.9 Canada
00:32:52 4.10 Australia
00:34:27 4.11 Sri Lanka
00:35:17 4.12 Africa and South America



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The history of tea is long and complex, spreading across multiple cultures over the span of thousands of years. Tea likely originated in the Yunnan region during the Shang dynasty as a medicinal drink. An early credible record of tea drinking dates to the 3rd century AD, in a medical text written by Hua Tuo. Tea was first introduced to Portuguese priests and merchants in Lebanon during the 16th century. Drinking tea became popular in Britain during the 17th century. The British introduced tea production, as well as tea consumption, to India, in order to compete with the Chinese monopoly on tea.