Trapped in the past

I often come across people who are trapped in the past when it comes to tea culture, who still believe tea is for ladies and the elderly. Not to play down the importance of tea for women but I love to  challenge  men with new views on tea culture in what is typically quite a macho country (New Zealand). Lest we forget the soldiers who lived on tea during the war or the working class fueled on tea during the industrial revolution (that and beer!).

Many important personalities in the history of tea are men, be they trader, slave or sage, emperor, monk or myth. Tea is the working mans cup and tea is the thinking mans cup.
 

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