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English Tea Drinking - History

My family tree has been traced back to the early Kings of England from the 7th. Century AD. This gives me an interest in English History which is great fun to research. As I am a direct descendent of Sir Christopher Wren and have many ancestors from London who were members of various Livery companies. I have created this article about Tea as it's one of the Icons about us English.

 

While the Chinese drank green tea hundreds of years before Christ, the English developed their tea-drinking habit in the 17th century. In 1600, Queen Elizabeth I granted permission for the charter of the British East India Company, establishing the trade in spice and silk that lead to the formal annexation of India and the establishment of the Raj. Initially, tea was a sideline but it became increasingly important and started to define us English.

 

Curiously, it was the London coffee houses that were responsible for introducing tea to England. One of the first coffee house merchants to offer tea was Thomas Garway, who owned an establishment in Exchange Alley. He sold both liquid and dry tea to the public as early as 1657. Three years later he issued a broadsheet advertising tea at £6 and £10 per pound (ouch!), touting its virtues at "making the body active and lusty", and "preserving perfect health until extreme old age".

In 1662 tea drinking became very popular when King Charles II's wife, Queen Catherine made tea very popular among the wealthier classes of society. Soon, tea replaced ale as the national drink, as everyone tried to mimic high society. Tea drinking remains as a popular activity in England up to this day, as the English are particularly known for their afternoon tea (taken in the late afternoon with scones, pastries and cakes capped by a cup or two of tea).

Tea gained popularity quickly in the coffee houses, and by 1700 over 500 coffee houses sold tea. This distressed the tavern owners, as tea cut their sales of ale and gin, and it was bad news for the government, who depended upon a steady stream of revenue from taxes on liquor sales. By 1750 tea had become the favourite drink of England's lower classes.

Twinings, the world-famous English tea company, celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2006 . Twinings was, in 1706, one of the first companies to introduce tea drinking to the English. That was the year Thomas Twining began selling tea from his new premises in London. Stephen Twining, who is a tenth generation member of the famous tea family and world renowned tea guru, is visited South Africa in September 2006 as part of the company's celebrations.

 

Tea became the focus of rebellion in 1773 when the English Government tried to establish a monopoly on all tea sold in the American colonies. Colonists resented this since it put local merchants at a disadvantage. The British government tried to tax the American colonists so as to pay for their defence. The result was the Boston Tea party, during which Americans tipped some 45 tonnes of English tea into the sea.

 

In 1864 the woman manager of the Aerated Bread Company began the custom of serving food and drink to her customers. Her best customers were serverd with tea. Soon everyone was asking for the same treatment. The concept of tea shops spread throughout Britain like wildfire, not in the least because tea shops provided a place where an unchaperoned woman could meet her friends and socialize without damage to her reputation.

 

Tea at the Ritz, London, England which opened in 1906, its tea room, the Palm Court has a history and legend all its own. It is perhaps here that the ritual of tea drinking in the English manner seems the most "civilized." The Palm Court, a long, narrow room adjacent to the hotel's main corridor, combines the English Edwardian charm with the elegance of the French Louis XVI architecture and design.

 

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The Chinese call England "The Island of Hero's" which I think sums up what we English are all about.

 

Copyright © 2010 Paul Hussey. All Rights Reserved

 

About the Author

My family tree has been traced back to the early Kings of England from the 7th Century AD. I am also a direct descendent of Sir Christopher Wren which has given me an interest in English History which is great fun to research. My articles are all about my interests in English History that the world will be amazed at. For example: The first manned flight was in England in 1849 and the first passenger vehicle was invented in England in 1801.

Please visit my Funny Animal Art Prints Collection @ http://www.fabprints.com

The Chinese call England "The Island of Hero's" which I think sums up what we English are all about.

 

Copyright © 2010 Paul Hussey. All Rights Reserved.

An intuitive leap: the tea room "at the conference room

An intuitive leap: tea room "to the meeting room

By Diane Brandon

Intuition, a power over us value, many of us have developed, and some of us work with professionalism. On especially for those who work as professionals or use our intuitive healing work, the value of intuition for us is so great that it is woven the fabric of our daily life is so perfect that not even notice the moment of consciousness that we use.

We have learned that intuition There are many benefits beyond the guidelines that can give us when we are looking for an overview. We can strengthen our inner voice, and therefore our confidence. We can Help "read" and understand others, so that our relations can improve and measurable minimize any conflict. We can help you see with clarity and objectivity. Can you give us a vision of future directions.

Ironically, with all its considerable benefits and more we revere our inner voice, intuition is still relatively hidden from view of most people and even ostracized. In Indeed, many of us are provisional mention that sometimes, and comfortable talking with people who feel like. The same could be said, energy prices, and other forms of alternative and complementary healing.

Why?

For many years, and new thought metaphysical ideas have been marginalized, even taking into account the margin to the extent that there is a separation, even a perceived antipathy between "New Era" (or the alternative spirituality and arrangements) and integrate. A major reason for this discrepancy is in the (supposedly) "unproven" nature of many of the modalities we kiss. Another reason lies simply in the fact that people are not traditional, and more often accept what is traditional.

And yet, as intuition may have considerable advantages personal level, we can give positive effects in other areas of our lives. As a professional intuitive I know that intuition can have many practical benefits that can be applied to practical matters, such as companies. And I do not mean to give business advice intuitive (Even I have raised issues related to businesses for many customers). I speak of intuitive insight and skills for teaching business and personal.

What many of us begin to understand is that the development and mastery of intuition is the tip of the iceberg insofar as its positive effects is concerned. What development and use of this option only adds to further develop our awareness of potential and our potential for intelligence, especially when combined with the skills of the brain left right. At the age of Reason and the promotion of science, and have adopted our academic institutions have been stressing, in particular our expertise and capacities of the left brain logic, analysis, reasoning, etc. "hemisphere soft" right brain skills, such as creative, intuitive knowledge, global perspective, self-expression, vision, among others, gradually be regarded as inferior or at least less important. Interestingly, this change has gradually led to "wars hemisphere," as some picked sides and pledged allegiance in one hemisphere and their functions, to the detriment of another.

What we are now beginning to see, fortunately, is an approach more comprehensive mental faculties and a new emphasis on the development potential. In fact, companies are beginning to embrace creativity (A real need for innovation). For this reason, I feel more and more imminent "integration" of intuition, even in the world of business.

The intuition is, after all, a mental faculty. Many many of us incorporate spiritual intuitive and consider it essential to intuition (and in fact there are many resonances between the two), intuition can be developed as purely mental faculty. And it should not be an unpleasant experience. Without doubt a major type of intuition, which receive information from our unconscious to consciousness, fits easily into our "normal" human consciousness and is not "supernatural". And this kind of intuition, which we had access to information, but we know we've had, certainly can be taught and should not be intimidating.

Even more extra-sensory nature of intuitive information that seem to spring from nowhere not necessary to be an obstacle. There are theories that explain how these phenomena apparently supernatural may exist, and methods are available to learn at your service.

When I gave seminars business on intuition and creativity, I had a receptivity that is encouraging. All you need is an explanation rational and definitions, and applicability to business needs. Businesses can really benefit from its use in areas such as morale, teamwork, productivity, planning, marketing, R & D, etc.

I increasingly feel that we are a point in our social development, where new schools of thought and methods may be more widely accepted and used. While yoga and meditation have evolved since the 60's far-out "Strange" on the terms accepted practices that are known to have advantages health. The same is true of intuition and other modalities.

It is time for intuition and other modalities to make intuitive leap, and share their potential benefits in more traditional areas

About the Author

Diane Brandon is the Host of “Living Your Power” on the Health & Wellness Channel of VoiceAmerica.com and her new show, "Vibrant Living," will debut in late May on Webtalkradio.net. She is also an Intuition Expert & Teacher, Integrative Intuitive Counselor, and Speaker, who has helped thousands of clients find more personal fulfillment in their lives. She is the author of "Invisible Blueprints" and several articles on personal growth topics, as well as a contributing author to "Speaking Out" and "The Long Way Around: How 34 Women Found the Lives They Love." Her private work with individuals focuses on personal growth, working with dreams, and personal empowerment, and she has done corporate seminars on intuition, creativity, and listening skills. More information may be found on her websites, www.dianebrandon.com and www.dianebrandon.net. She may be contacted at diane@dianebrandon.com.