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Island really wants that leaf juice though (lemmy.world)
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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The other reason is that the Brits REALLY wanted that newfangled tea - first by routing trade from China through the British East India Company, and then by growing tea directly in India itself in the 19th century.