Tea: Did you mean...?

In which John Green teaches you about the American Revolution and the American Revolutionary War, which it turns out were two different things. John goes over the issues and events that precipitated rebellion in Britain's American colonies...

This map shows the phenomena of the movement of tea, and what it's called around the globe. Around the world, there are mainly 2 root words for tea, 'te' and 'cha', and both of these come from China. Where the use of ‘cha’ occurred through...

The Tea Ceremony is an elaborate ritual of respect in which people take tea together. The person who prepares the tea honors her guests through her preparations and presentation, and the guests pay her respect by participating properly.

The Japanese Tea Ceremony.

A print showing Japanese tea vendors. Edo Period, c. 1846, print from a 1632 original. Copied by Kanō Osanobu and Kanō Masanobu. (From Poetry Competition of Artisans, vol.2)

The reconstructed gilded tea room of Fushimi Castle, Kyoto. The castle and tea room was originally built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the military leader of Japan from 1582-1598 CE.

A bowl of whisked green tea (matcha), typical of the traditional Japanese tea ceremony.

The essential implements of the chanoyu or Japanese tea ceremony.

A c. 1880 oil on canvas, The Cup of Tea, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. Keen to capture everyday life, the model here is the artist's sister Lydia. This work was selected by Cassatt to be shown in the Sixth...

American colonists dump British tea into Boston Harbor in the Boston Tea Party, 16 December 1773, illustration from The History of North America by W. D. Cooper. London: E. Newberry, 1789. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.