Sometimes 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 year later that people there drank tea as a beverage.
Because tea had been considered a sacred remedy, it was always served
with much ceremony.