Alice Loxton

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You're Dead to Me · Why do British people love tea? (from Here For The History) · 19 Jun 2026 podcast

Yeah, we're very similar in many ways.

Now, as part of her dowry, Portugal provided a chest of tea.

And this was already a very popular drink in the Portuguese court.

This is partly because Portugal had established trade routes with the Far East and, importantly, China, which is where the tea leaves come from.

Now, she serves this tea to her ladies-in-waiting and the ladies at court.

So this sets a trend in England for the elites drinking tea.

And we know that she would go and visit aristocratic families and drink tea at their houses, places like Ham House, which is on the outskirts of London on the River Thames, which is a beautiful house.

I have been there.

And I've actually been to the cafe and drunk tea in the cafe.

So, you know, repeating Catherine of Brickhands' experiences.

Of course, of course.

I do my best.

Yes.

Well, a big moment in the history of tea in Britain comes in 1706 because we get our first tea shop.

An exciting moment.

And it opened on the Strand, which is where many of the London elites were living after the Great Fire of London.

And it was opened by a man called Thomas Twining.

Absolutely.

Actually, the shop still exists today, which is rather wonderful.

But the key thing about the 18th century is that tea at this point was insanely expensive.

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