Sir James Crichton -Browne, the eminent physician,'avers that the effects of tea are "generally beneficent, conducive to contentment, clear thinking, and sobriety. It is the best of the cocktails." Anyone who has «ver been seriously il knows that hospital nurses are the most assiduous of all tea-drinkers. Tea, introduced into England about IGSO, was drunk for a long time only for medicinal purposes, its use as a habitual beverage being regarded as disgusting and unChristian. The first monarch to popularise tea was Queen Anne. Millions of pounds were imported annually by the end of the eighteenth century.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 10, 12 January 1929, Page 7
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