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eastiseverywhere:
fuckingrecipes:
abibliophilehobbit:
coolthingoftheday:
This is what the tea that was dumped into the Boston Harbor would have looked like. In the 1700s, tea was compressed into planks; a plank this size could last a person roughly a year. They would be bought in sections, and small slivers would be shaved off into the kettle every time somebody wanted to make a cup of tea.
(Source)
@g2-lpi
HELLO FRIEND!
WHILE TEA BRICKS ARE RAD AS FUCK, YOU’RE GETTING A BIT OF HISTORY MIXED UP!
BRICK TEA WAS (and still is, in some niche areas) POPULAR IN CHINA AND TIBET. HOWEVER, THE EAST INDIA TRADING COMPANY (which would have supplied the U.S colonies) DID NOT IMPORT THE BRICK FORM FREQUENTLY - USUALLY ONLY AS CURIOSITIES .
THE TEA TOSSED INTO THE HARBOR WAS ALL LOOSE-LEAF, AS COLONISTS HAD NO TASTE FOR BRICK TEA, AND TEA BAGS WOULDN’T BE INVENTED FOR ANOTHER 150 YEARS! (source)
“In Boston, accounts of the tea rebellion include stories of tea leaves piled like haystacks alongside the ships in Griffin’s Wharf while men used rakes to plow the leaves into the low tide of Boston Harbor.“ (source)
“ 40 chests of tea were destroyed at the Boston Tea Party. Historians tell us that several varieties of black and green teas were aboard the ships, including Bohea, Congou, Souchong (all black teas), and Singlo, and Hyson (both green teas). The bulk of the destroyed tea was “Bohea,” a black tea from the Wuyi Mountains in Fujian Province, China. Despite the fact that the English importer of the tea was called the “East India Tea Company,” all the tea that was cast overboard in the Boston Tea Party was from China, not from India, as many have mistakenly assumed. “ (source)
It’s kind of weird how we never think about where the tea in the Boston Tea Party was from…
eastiseverywhere:
fuckingrecipes:
abibliophilehobbit:
coolthingoftheday:
This is what the tea that was dumped into the Boston Harbor would have looked like. In the 1700s, tea was compressed into planks; a plank this size could last a person roughly a year. They would be bought in sections, and small slivers would be shaved off into the kettle every time somebody wanted to make a cup of tea.
(Source)
@g2-lpi
HELLO FRIEND!
WHILE TEA BRICKS ARE RAD AS FUCK, YOU’RE GETTING A BIT OF HISTORY MIXED UP!
BRICK TEA WAS (and still is, in some niche areas) POPULAR IN CHINA AND TIBET. HOWEVER, THE EAST INDIA TRADING COMPANY (which would have supplied the U.S colonies) DID NOT IMPORT THE BRICK FORM FREQUENTLY - USUALLY ONLY AS CURIOSITIES .
THE TEA TOSSED INTO THE HARBOR WAS ALL LOOSE-LEAF, AS COLONISTS HAD NO TASTE FOR BRICK TEA, AND TEA BAGS WOULDN’T BE INVENTED FOR ANOTHER 150 YEARS! (source)
“In Boston, accounts of the tea rebellion include stories of tea leaves piled like haystacks alongside the ships in Griffin’s Wharf while men used rakes to plow the leaves into the low tide of Boston Harbor.“ (source)
“ 40 chests of tea were destroyed at the Boston Tea Party. Historians tell us that several varieties of black and green teas were aboard the ships, including Bohea, Congou, Souchong (all black teas), and Singlo, and Hyson (both green teas). The bulk of the destroyed tea was “Bohea,” a black tea from the Wuyi Mountains in Fujian Province, China. Despite the fact that the English importer of the tea was called the “East India Tea Company,” all the tea that was cast overboard in the Boston Tea Party was from China, not from India, as many have mistakenly assumed. “ (source)
It’s kind of weird how we never think about where the tea in the Boston Tea Party was from…
