Researchers uncover the oldest tea in Britain

Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 09:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Researchers have found what they believe to be the oldest tea in Britain. The dried green tea was acquired in China, around the year 1700, by ship's surgeon James Cuninghame, who subsequently gave it as a gift to the famous physician and collector of curiosities, Hans Sloane.

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