THE LITTLE TEA BOOK 



One D'Archenholz was surprised 

 by the elegance, beauty, and luxury 

 of these resorts, where, Steele said, 

 they swallowed gallons of the juice 

 of tea, while their own dock leaves 

 were trodden under foot. 



The ending of the East India 

 Company's monopoly of the trade, 

 coupled with the fact that the legis- 

 lature recognized that tea had passed 

 out of the catalogue of luxuries into 

 that of necessities, began a new era 

 for the queen of drinks destined to 

 reign over all other beverages. 



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