Tea, an infusion of herbs (flowers, leaves, stems, roots and/or bark of plants), in boiling water, ingested for medicinal use or as a beverage for re-hydration or simply for the taste has been around longer than man has been keeping written records.
Tea, the herbaceous plant grown for its leaves as a cash crop has been in cultivation for centuries.
The original "inventor" was Nature itself. Humankind twigged to the use very early on (I think they were still dragging their knuckles in the dirt at the time)
Thomas Sullivan invented the TEA bAG Thomas Sullivan invented the TEA bAG
They were invented in 1903.
Invented by Thomas Sullivan in 1903
New York tea merchant William Sullivan invented the tea strainer in 1908. It put his tea samples in silk and strained the tea.
Good old fashioned sweet tea came from the South!
The T'ang Dynasty
Camellia assamica
The native Americans invented the Boston tea party
It was an event and not an invention.
a chinese guy...
Maybe Herb Tea??
Tang Dyasty for sure...