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Read the entry →YOUTUBER · USAJustin Tai. Calm, technical, the deep-dive YouTube channel.
Read the entry →YOUTUBER · UKCamden tea house. UK's most-recognisable tea presenter.
Read the entry →IMPORTER · UKThe Rare Tea Lady. Supplies tea to UK Michelin-starred restaurants.
Read the entry →HERITAGE · UKTenth-generation Twinings tea taster. The cravat is real.
Read the entry →HISTORYInvented afternoon tea in the 1840s because she was peckish.
Read the entry →HISTORYPortuguese princess who turned Britain into a tea-drinking nation in 1662.
Read the entry →HISTORYThe Scottish botanist who stole tea from China for the British Empire.
Read the entry →POP CULTURECaptain Picard and the most-quoted tea order in fiction.
Read the entry →POP CULTUREFather Ted’s relentless tea-pusher. “Go on, go on, go on.”
Read the entry →POP CULTUREHitchhiker’s Guide. “Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.”
Read the entry →ETIQUETTEHow to drink afternoon tea like the King, slightly tongue-in-cheek.
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