Tea-Cup History
Up to the middle of the eighteenth century, tea was mostly drunk for health reasons. The use of milk was unknown until later. Tea was usually made whisked with beaten egg. Still earlier, in the seventeenth century, tea was boiled with rice or flour, ginger, salt, orange peel, spices, milk or onions.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 29, 12 March 1948, Page 7
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54Tea-Cup History Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 29, 12 March 1948, Page 7
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