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I dont know the history of tea in subcontinent. We have one more form of Tea called Doodh Patti (Milk Tea) where tea is added directly in milk, no added water.
by smusamashah 6y ago
I dont know the history of tea in subcontinent. We have one more form of Tea called Doodh Patti (Milk Tea) where tea is added directly in milk, no added water.
- Symbiote 6y agoThe book referenced on Wikipedia is on Library Genesis [1], and I found it so interesting I'm not sure which bits to quote. > At the beginning of the twentieth century, the majority of Indians did not know how to make a cup of tea and were reluctant to drink one. Now that India is both the world’s major producer and consumer of tea, this seems incredible. It confounds the myth that the British acquired their love of tea from their Indian subjects. In fact, it was the British who introduced tea to the Indians. Although they barely changed the way Indians eat, the British radically altered what they eat and drink. While the introduction of a wide variety of European and American vegetables to India was an inadvertent by-product of British rule, the conversion of the population to tea drinking was the result of what must have been the first major marketing campaign in India. The British-owned Indian Tea Association set itself the task of first creating a new habit among the Indian population, and then spreading it across the entire subcontinent. [1] http://library.lol/main/5677300D17F8B79988D323EDE13C2FA2 http://library.lol/main/5677300D17F8B79988D323EDE13C2FA2 (Start at book p187, which is p208 in the PDF.)