Two 50 minute tours will be given consequtively, the times are as follows:
Group 1: 11.00 - 11.45
Group 2: 11.45 - 12:35
**please note: 15 people per tour group
Whether we call it 茶, चाय or Tea, the drink brewed from the camellia sinensis plant, is enjoyed by billions of people every day. It is Britain’s national drink and second only to water as the most popular beverage in the world.
Tea means many things – its popularisation and spread is connected to stories of imperialism and colonial violence, yet it has inspired artistic expression, cultural customs and national identities.
Learn about the production of tea, from the people who work on the plantations to the processes involved in making the tea that is widely consumed today.
Enjoyed by billions of people, alone or together, with milk or cinnamon or salted butter – find out the complex history and myriad of meanings in how we consume tea today.
