Tea was the consummate drink of the British Empire, everyone drank it no matter if they were rich or poor. However, it wasn’t always like that, in the early 16th century tea was a very luxurious item only for the elites. This was of course due to the laboriousness of traveling the tea across the sea all the way from China. Eventually due to England’s growing empire the price of tea dropped. Tea was the drink that carried people through the Industrial Revolution and became the a symbol of the hard working factory employee. For tea was caffeinated which helped keep the drinker focused and alert, therefore it was the ideal drink for factory workers. Tea shaped the world as it became a symbol for British Empire and when America declared independence
