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East India Trading Company founded
In 1600 Queen Elizabeth I gave a charter to the East India Trading company, a compnay that would help shape the history of tea and play a part in the world's history as well. Info- http://www.tea.co.uk/east-india-company
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History of Tea
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East India Company orders its first tea
100 Lbs of China Tea was ordered by the company info- http://www.tea.co.uk/east-india-company
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First sale of the London Tea Auction
The East India Company sold its tea here and sold their tea 'by the candle' allowing bidding to go on for as long as it took for an inch of candle to burn. info & image- http://www.tea.co.uk/the-london-tea-auction -
Boston Tea Party
In opposition to the tax on tea the rebels of the colony that would become America tossed the East India Company's tea into the Harbor. info- http://www.tea.co.uk/page.php?id=38
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Tea becomes more common
As tea become more common and the price dropped tea became a drink that even those who weren't wealthy could afford and it quickly became the drink of choice. info- http://www.wtea.com/about-tea_history.aspx
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First Tea Clipper Race
Englishman Richard Green built a clipper to challenge an American clipper and the new ship won, as well as sparking the idea of racing ships to get their cargo to port first. info & image- http://www.tea.co.uk/tea-clippers -
East India Company starts to be dissolved
After the company's ability to trade had been taken away by the goverment the company became the ruler of India. But soon the colony rebelled. On May 1857 a bloody fight started that would last a year and was the end of the company. info & image- http://www.tea.co.uk/page.php?id=95 -
Great Clipper Race
Ten ships raced to England in one of the most intense clipper races with the first two ships coming into port just 20 minutes apart after racing for 99 days. info & image- http://www.tea.co.uk/tea-clippers -
First Tea bag invented
Thomas Sullivan first invented the teabag out of silk to allow customers to sample his teas and it soon caught on in America, though it took longer for the concept to catch on in England. info & image- http://www.tea.co.uk/the-history-of-the-tea-bag -
Last Sale of the London Tea Auction
When the once colonies of the British Empire gained independence the London Tea Auction's business slowed and the use of more modern ways of selling caused the tradition of the London Tea Aution to draw to an end, it's last day of sales going to charity. info & image- http://www.tea.co.uk/the-london-tea-auction
