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Now for herbal tea!

Quite the history on Britain’s relationship with tea and much less tradition than I previously perceived

“I should warn you, drinking too much tea can make you high and reckless.”

On rolling tea leaves: “This is considered entirely a woman’s job in Nepal. A man doesn’t have the patience or the delicacy to roll between his hands; they’re not soft enough. In China, Japan and Taiwan, contrarily, its general a man’s job to roll; a woman is considered less skilled.”

I thought I was a baddie for handling my tea leaving the tea bag/ball in the whole time I’m drinking it. Turns out, that’s why I get dry mouth from drinking tea; I always over steep my tea, which releases an excessive amount of tannins and causing that dry mouthfeel. I’m learning so much.

This woman is obsessed with tea