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Tea was first possibly cultivated in Tianluo Mountain in East China. -
During this time tea was used medicinally in China to help the sick heal.
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The cultivation of tea begins in China as tea plants come from the Yunnan Province to be planted alongside the Yangtze river in the Scechwan Province.
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A Japanese emperor served Chinese tea to monks who then decided to grow it in Japan. -
During the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols made tea become a common man's drink instead of leaving it just for the aristocrats.
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During the Ming Dynasty the Chinese start drinking tea made from steeping the whole leaf tea in hot water.
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The first teapots began to be invented so the people did not have to brew the tea one cup at a time -
The Dutch East India Company markets tea for the first time. It comes to Europe for the first time marketed towards the high class individuals as an exotic medicinal drink.
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Tea is introduced to Russia by an envoy from China as a gift for the Czar Alexis.
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Tea is introduced to England by the Dutch East India Company
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England started to make teapots out of silver.
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The Hudson Bay Company brought tea over to Canada.