Tea
History
People
Vocabulary
Expressions
100
What country did tea originally grow in?
China of course
100
Who first drank tea in Britain? Why them?
The upper classes and the aristocracy were the first as tea was very expensive and they were the only ones who could afford it
100
A Scottish botanist.
What did he do?
Robert Fortune
smuggled tea plants out of China and brought them back to the Indian Himalayas
100
You can drink your tea out of a ...... or a .....
You can drink your tea out of a CUP or a MUG
100
What time is tea time?
Five o'clock
200
Name two types of tea and two shopping options
Green tea, black tea, yellow tea...
can be bought in tea bags or loose
200
The British company who traded tea
The East India Company
200
The woman who introduced tea drinking in Britain
Queen Catherine of Braganza
200
What you boil water in is....
A kettle
200
" Come to tea tomorrow"
Explain what that kind invitation could mean.
It could mean tea in the afternoon but also dinner if you were talking to a Northerner or a working class person
300
How to make a perfect cup of tea in four steps
1 Warm the pot
2 Add a spoonful of tea per cup
3 Pour water just under boiling point
4 Let it brew a few minutes
300
What two goods were accepted as payment for tea by the Chinese?
At first it was only silver. Then they accepted opium which was used in traditional medicine
300
An eighteenth century entrepreneur who made his fortune selling tea
Thomas Twining who opened his popular Tom's Coffee House in 1706
300
You should keep your tea in a.....
tea caddy
300
This is not my cup of tea!
It means you don't like something
400
What did ordinary people drink in the eighteenth century? What was it composed of?
As real tea was too expensive ordinary people drank FAKE tea, usually composed of used tea leaves mixed with other leaves and dyed
400
What caused war in 1840? Who were the belligerents?
In 1840 war broke out between China and Britain, the Opium War when the Chinese decided to destroy British merchants' opium stocks
400
A Prime Minister who considered tea " more important than..." what?? And why?
Sir Winston Churchill who during the war declared
" Tea is more important than BULLETS"
For the moral of the troops, no doubt about that!
400
What is a storm in a tea cup?
A small event exaggerated out of proportion.
400
High tea, low tea. What is the difference?
The tables they were served on. Low tea, low table means afternoon tea when high tea, high table means an evening meal
500
Why are the British so obsessed with tea and not coffee?
Because they were at war with European powers they were left out of the coffee trade
500
What connects women's right to vote and tea? When did women first vote in Britain?
Women were allowed in tea houses and met there. They talked politics and among their favourite topics was the right to vote which they acquired in 1918
500
The lady who invented Afternoon tea
Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford, one of Queen Victoria's lady-in-waiting
500
What is this feast called? List the ingredients!
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That's a scrumptious cream tea, composed of scones, butter if you like, strawberry jam and clotted cream.
500
What are you asked to do if told
" Will you be mother?"
You are asked to pour the tea.