Tea Trip To The West
The culture of consuming tea that has been carried out in China and Japan turned out to be a byword in Europe. The caravan group even heard how people were drinking tea and got some vague information. Funnily enough, they heard that tea was brewed, salted, buttered, and then eaten. The European who personally discovered tea and later wrote about it was the Jesuit monk Jasper de Cruz in 1560.
The Portuguese established trade relations with China, developing trade routes by shipping tea to Lisbon and then Dutch ships leaving for France, the Netherlands and the Baltic states. Tea is then increasingly popular in the Western world.
Tea stopped in Europe during the time of Elizabeth I and then became a trend in Dutch society. Tea was an expensive drink at the time (over $100 per pound), so tea traders made a fortune from it. Dutch society is very fond of tea and tea consumption is increasing rapidly, although many have questioned the benefits of tea and various other negative impacts. Whatever it is, people in general no longer have a problem or are affected and go back to enjoying it. Tea became part of society in Europe and various combinations of tea consumption were tried, such as mixing it with milk. In those days, tea was served for the first time in restaurants. The beverage shop also provides portable tea utensils complete with heating devices.
Tea was also very popular in France, but it didn’t last long (about 15 years), and was soon replaced by drinks with stronger appeal such as wine, coffee, and chocolate.
By 1650, the Dutch were very active in trade as far as the West. Peter Stuyvesant who brought Chinese tea to America for the first time for his colony (now New York).