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The story of tea goes back to Asia's most distant past, when legend and history mingle to tell of its origins in China more than 2,000 years B.C.
Gradually, the preparation and the ceremonies associated with tea became refined into rituals that found their ideal place in Chinese Taoism. Next, Japan made tea an essential part of its culture.
It was not until the seventeenth century that Europe discovered tea, when the East India Company's ships brought the precious commodity back from the Far East.
Paul Butel is professor of modern history at the University of Bordeaux III and specialises in colonial history.
Editions Desjonquères, 255 pages. In French.
Gradually, the preparation and the ceremonies associated with tea became refined into rituals that found their ideal place in Chinese Taoism. Next, Japan made tea an essential part of its culture.
It was not until the seventeenth century that Europe discovered tea, when the East India Company's ships brought the precious commodity back from the Far East.
Paul Butel is professor of modern history at the University of Bordeaux III and specialises in colonial history.
Editions Desjonquères, 255 pages. In French.
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