Our tea set is in fact a three-piece social history of nineteenth-century Britain. And it's a lens through which we can look at a large part of the history of the world. Here's historian Linda ...

This ceremonial tea set-up is called Gong Fu Cha and originated from the city of Chaozhou (Teochew) in the Guangdong province during the Sung dynasty (960 to 1279). The city is situated ...

In a remarkable re-branding of the British character, boisterous, rowdy beer was ousted as the defining national drink, and replaced by polite, respectable tea. Songs and poems celebrated tea's ...

Our tea set is in fact a three-piece social history of nineteenth-century Britain. And it's a lens through which we can look at a large part of the history of the world. Here's historian Linda ...