TEA IN 1658
The following advertisement occurs on the last page of an old newspaper, the "London Commonwealth Mercury," dated "from Thursday, September 2, to Thursday, September 9, 1658."
"That excellent and by all Physitians approved, China Drink, called by the Chineans, Tcha, by other nations Tay, or Tee, is sold at the Sultanesshead, a Cophee-house in Sweeting Rents by the Royal Exchange, London."
It is probably the earliest mention of tea in English, and proves the two ways of pronouncing the word in vogue then. The paper has a blackened border in mourning ; for Cromwell, who died "about 3 .a clock this afternoon."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 71, 25 March 1938, Page 16
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104TEA IN 1658 Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 71, 25 March 1938, Page 16
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