Drinking tea is an English tradition that has been rooted in its culture for a few centuries, but this custom arose because of a Portuguese woman - the Duchess Catarina de Bragança who married the then King of England Charles II. When Catherine arrived in England, she realized that tea was consumed only as a medicine and was very expensive. As you had a lot of tea leaves in your suitcase, you can continue to drink tea regularly.
Today the British are famous for their 5 o'clock tea and it's impossible not to imagine an Englishman without a cup of tea with milk... served, at the moment, from a small milk jug.
 
Drinking tea is an English tradition that has been rooted in their culture for centuries, but this custom arose because of a Portuguese woman - the Duchess Catarina de Bragança who married the then King of England Charles II. When Catarina arrived in England she realized that tea was only consumed as medicine and was very expensive. As she had brought many tea leaves in her suitcase she could continue to drink the tea regularly.
Today the British are famous for their 5 o'clock tea and it is impossible not to imagine an Englishman without a cup of tea with milk... served, at the moment, from a small milk jug.