British tea-a traditional cultrue

The United Kingdom has been one of the largest tea customers in the world, in the 18th century. Tea become their country s symbol since 1990s. The nobleman enjoy drinking their tea after the lunch time, and it has become a status symbol. 

They enjoy the afternoon tea because they can have a present conversation with their friends. 

In 18th 19th centuries, English had only two main meals everyday_the breakfast and in the morning and the heavy supper in the evening.

It is influenced by a foreign princess, Catherine of Braganza. She was the queen od Charles2. The queen was fond of tea since her childhood, and she brought tea-drinking to the English royal court. Moreover, setting the trend for the beverage among the aristocracy of England in the seventeenth century. It became a popular drink at the London coffee houses where wealthy men met to do business and discuss the events of the day. Their wives gathered at one another’s homes drinking tea and exchanging gossip.