Show A rot pot of the aj best 0 st clial w ahe he earliest mention of tea by an englishman is probably that contained in a letter from mr wickham an aam agm agent 1 of tho the east india company written from cirando in japan on the of june 1615 to mr eaton baton another officer of the company resident at macao askin asking g him to send a pot of tho the best chaw 11 in mr batons accounts of expenditures occurs this item three silver silve gers gera to drink chaw in etwas it was not until the tha middle of the seventeenth century that the english began to anso tea the first importations were from java and the price ranged from ra 6 to 10 per pound in the mer aurius politicos cna of september 1658 appears the following advertisement that excellent and by all approved china drink called by the Ghi Chi neana by other nations nation tay or tea is sold at the head a cochee house in sweetings sweepings Swee tings rents bents by the royal exchange london enters in his diary on an the of september 1660 1 I 1 did send for it a cup of tee a china drink of wh which ichi I 1 had never drunk before this is a proof off of tho the novelty of the drink in ia england at that date in 1664 it is ia recorded that the east india company presented the king with two pounds and two ounces of thea 1 I about this time however the con of tea and coffee became fash doable io able and the importations large to in proportion Dro portion lippincotts Lippin cotts |