If you’re a Taylor Swift fan (a Swiftie), you might have heard one of her unreleased songs, Sweet Tea and God’s Graces. In the chorus, she sings, “You can get by with sweet tea and God’s graces.” If ...

Tea holds a unique and revered place in Chinese culture, with a history that spans thousands of years. From its legendary discovery by Emperor Shen Nong to its role in social rituals, medicine, and ...

They were fed up with a British tax on tea in particular and consumed by resentment of British authority in general. So on the night of December 16, 1773, a group of rebellious colonial Americans ...

To the Indigenous Khoi and San people of South Africa, rooibos tea is like mother’s milk, says Barend Salomo. Managing director of the Wupperthal Original Rooibos Cooperative (WORC), Salomo says he ...

Tea War: A History of Capitalism in China and India. By Andrew Liu. Yale University Press; 360 pages; $50 and £35 EMPIRES ROSE and fell; the industrial revolution was consolidated. And, in the century ...

A room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art tells the story of tea and politics, from China to Britain and that “party” in Boston. By James Barron This article is part of our latest Museums special ...

"I see no reason," the late Sen. Harry Reid (D–Nev.) once declared on the Senate floor, "why those in this country who enjoy drinking tea need someone else to tell them what tastes good." Yet for ...

Tea may offer powerful health benefits, but how it is prepared and consumed matters. Tea has a long history as both a ...