A History of Tea in Britain: A Queen's Command?

Go to https://squarespace.com/readingthepast to get a free trial and 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. It’s time to explore the British relationship to tea… Please check out my website and sign up to the mailing list to receive updates from me: https://www.katrinamarchant.com/ I hope you enjoy this video and find it interesting! Please subscribe and click the bell icon to be updated about new videos. Also, if you want to get in touch, please comment down below or find me on social media: Instagram and Threads: katrina.marchant TikTok: @katrina_marchant Bluesky: @katrina-marchant.bsky.social Email: [email protected] Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeIkbW49B6A] SFX from https://freesfx.co.uk/Default.aspx Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated): Screenshots from https://www.tea.co.uk/tea-faqs and https://www.tea.co.uk/the-history-of-the-tea-bag Painting of the Emperor Shennong, shown chewing a branch, illustrating his role as healer by Guo Xu (1503). Held by the Shanghai Museum. Engraving of a Dutch merchant ship or “Flute” by Wenceslas Hollar (17th century). Held by the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto. Screenshot of https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/09/25/ Charles II of England in Coronation robes by John Michael Wright (c.1671-1676). Held by the Royal Collection at the Palace Holyroodhouse. Portrait of Catherine of Braganza by or after Dirck Stoop (c1660-166). Held by the National Portrait Gallery. Portrait of Catherine of Braganza by Peter Lely (1663-1665). Held by the Royal Collection at the Palace Holyroodhouse. Screenshots of https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1665/12/13/ and https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1667/06/28/ Screenshot from https://chitracollection.com/collection/two-shipwreck-teapots/ An early to mid-19th century rosewood and brass inlaid two section tea caddy overall decorated with foliate scrolls, with hinged sarcophagus lid, on squat bun feet, width 23cm. Photographed for Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers (2018). English tea box, photographed by Hannes Grobe (2006). Tea caddy of the 19th century on its own pedestal, photographed by P. G. Champion (2009) Screenshot of https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/blog/steeped-in-history-tea-drinking-in-britain/ Screenshot of https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zm2txyc Screenshot of https://www.gov.uk/rest-breaks-work#:~:text=Workers%20have%20the%20right%20to,depends%20on%20their%20employment%20contract. Quoted texts: Thomas Garraway advert in Mercurius Politicus (1658) referenced in Erika Rappaport “A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World” (2019) p.39 Thomas Rugge’s “Diurnall” (1659) https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1660/09/25/ S. M. Wynne, ODNB entry on Catherine of Braganza. Edmund Waller, “On Tea” (17th century) Henry B. Wheatley footnote from the 1893 edition of the Diary of Samuel Pepys. https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1665/12/13/ https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1667/06/28/ https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/blog/steeped-in-history-tea-drinking-in-britain/ Denyer, C. H. “The Consumption of Tea and Other Staple Drinks.” The Economic Journal, vol. 3, no. 9, 1893, pp. 33–51. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2956036. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zm2txyc https://www.gov.uk/rest-breaks-work#:~:text=Workers%20have%20the%20right%20to,depends%20on%20their%20employment%20contract. Also consulted, were: Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online. #History #Tea #Stuart