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Tea is an imported herb. In the distant past, tea was unknown in many countries. The tea plant grows well in China, India and other hot countries with suitable climates and soils.

Perhaps the English word comes from the French, tè, or Spanish te, all of which doubtless came originally from the Chinese tcha, or tha.

When tea first arrived in England in the 1660s it was describes as 'a china drink', because it came from that country, and a regular trade of imported tea from China was established.

It wasn't until the 1800s that the British introduced tea plantations to India, by which time 'chinese' 'tea' drinking had already become very popular in England.

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