THE TRADITION OF ENGLISH TEA PARTY

There are four types of tea most commonly found on the market:

• black tea

• oolong tea

• green tea

• white tea

• pu-erh tea

The nutrients such as:

• Calcium

• Zinc

• Vitamin B6

• Niacin

The history of tea

17th Century

1600 - Queen Elizabeth l (1533-1603) granted permission for the charter of the British East India Company

1662 - King Charles II and Portuguese Infanta Catherine de Braganza were confirmed tea drinkers.

1663 - The poet and politician Edmund Waller (1606-1687) wrote a poem in honor of Queen Catherine for her birthday crediting her with making tea a fashionable drink amongst courtiers.

18th CenturyQueen Anne (1665–1714) chose tea over ale as her regular breakfast drink. Anne's character was once portrayed as a tea-drinking.

19th Century

According to legend, one of Queen Victoria's (1819-1901) ladies-in-waiting, Anna Maria Stanhope (1783-1857), known as the Duchess of Bedford, is credited as the creator of afternoon teatime.

MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ (1626 TO 1696)

QUEEN ELIZABETH I (1533-1603)

KING CHARLES II (1630-1685)

EDMUND WALLER (1606-1687)

QUEEN ANNE (1665–1714)

QUEEN VICTORIA (1819-1901)

AFTERNOON TEA

ENGLISH “TEA CEREMONY”

To conduct an English tea ceremony one needs certain:

• table appointments

• snacks for tea

• the ability to manage tea during the process of tea-drinking

TABLE APPOINTMENTS

SNACKS FOR TEA

TEA DRINKING

Tea Etiquette:

• To hold the teacup

• To stir your tea

• Milk & Lemon

TEA ETIQUETTE

Thomas Twining

TWININGS TEA

2005

• During 2005, Twinings introduced its first generic, non-speciality tea, under the brand “Everyday Tea”.

2006

• In 2006 they started producing a tinned chocolate drink, and in 2007 they also launched a selection of tinned coffees onto the market.

April 2008

• Twinings announced their decision to close the Nambarrie plant. Twinings said it needed to consolidate its UK manufacturing operations in the face of increasing global competition.

November, 2009

• Twinings announced the planned closure of its North Shields plant and cuts at its Andover facility. A new plant is being built in Poland to supply the European markets. Union bosses said the North Shields factory was “very productive” and accused company management of putting profit before job security.

Tea in literature

• Lu Yu “Cha Ching” or “The Classic of Tea”• Henrik Ibsen “Love’s Comedy”• Agnes Repplier “To Think of Tea” • Vaclav Havel “Letters to Olga, June 1979-

Septmber 1982” • Marcel Proust “Un amour de Swann”

(“Swann's Way” or “Swann's Love”) • Soshitsu Sen XV “Tea Life, Tea Mind”• Wallace Stevens

The End