Tea, Anyone ?
There is a saying that the British like a nice cup of tea in the morning and a nice cup of tea at night. And at half past seven, their idea of heaven is a nice cup of tea. They like a nice cup of tea with their dinner and a nice cup of tea with their tea, and before they go to bed, there's a lot to be said for a nice cup of tea!
Something it seems that no one likes tea quite as much as the British do. But, in fact, tea is popular in countries around the world, and many different rituals and customs for drinking tea have developed over the centuries. In China and Japan, tea was first used as a medicine; it wasn't until many years later that people there drank tea as a beverage. Because tea had been considered a sacred remedy, it was always served with much ceremony.