Tea started gaining it's popularity with the help of London coffee houses, and Queen Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Though China was the invention of tea, the usage of tea was extremely high in British than in any other country. Around 1610 the Portuguese and Dutch imported tea in Europe, though they were the first traders, tea was already spreading throughout half the coffee houses in the country beginning with London coffee houses.By 1700, nearly 500 coffee houses introduced tea.
As there were up and down of taxation, people's use of tea was rating up and down, however during the period of Queen Anne, she made sure to pass her habit of having tea at 8 at night. Soon it became a practice and also became a part of British identity.
