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OP, you should been drinking tea with your Shakespeare.

 

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OP, you should been drinking tea with your Shakespeare.

Did they even have tea in England in Shakespeare's time?

*googles*

Nope.

Despite the fact that tea drinking is considered quintessentially English, coffee drinking was originally much more popular. Tea first arrived in Britain in 1662 when King Charles II married the Portuguese princess, Catherine of Braganza. Catherine brought tea chests to England as part of her wedding dowry and soon popularised the custom of taking tea at court. And 50 years later tea drinking became still more popular, once again, thanks to the Royal Family, when Queen Anne started drinking tea with her breakfast rather than the customary beer.

The more you know.

 

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My world has been turned upside down.

 

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Yeah, tea is really our thing...

 

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Shakespeare's Drinking: What Did Shakespeare Drink?

So basically, the Shakespeare drink of choice should be a real ale.

 

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I am ok with that.

Bring on the warm beer.

 

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Warm and beer are two words that just don't go well together...

 

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OK, not warm; just "warmer" than Americans like it. The cellar temperature real ales are amazing.

 

[BookManEd]

Ive tried warm ale once. I was shocked that I actually liked it. I normally like my drinks colder than cold