THE LITTLE TEA BOOK 



John Milton knew the delights of 

 tea. He drank coffee during the 

 composition of " Paradise Lost," and 

 tea during the building of " Paradise 

 Regained." 



Like all good things, animate and 

 inanimate, tea did not become popu- 

 lar without a struggle. It, like the 

 gradual oak, met with many kinds 

 of opposition, from the timid, the 

 prejudiced, and the selfish. All sorts 

 of herbs were put upon the market 

 to offset its popularity; such as 

 onions, sage, marjoram, the Arctic 

 bramble, the sloe, goat-weed, Mexi- 

 can goosefoot, speedwell, wild gera- 

 nium, veronica, wormwood, juniper, 

 saffron, carduus benedictus, trefoil, 

 wood-sorrel, pepper, mace, scurry 

 grass, plantain, and betony. 



Sir Hans Sloane invented herb tea, 



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