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Show Coaeatnptlon of Too, Sir Robert Hart calls tea tho world's belt drink. However that may bo, more ot It It drunk than of any other beverage. It has been estimated that the consumers of tea number 600,000,-000. 600,000,-000. Tbe first consignment sent to Europe Eu-rope iy the Dutch Uait India Company Com-pany in 1610 sold for 60 shillings a pound I'cpys says In bUt diary during dur-ing tho year 1557: "Home found my wife drinking tea, a drink which Mr. 1'elllng, tho pottlcary, tells her Is good for her cold." A fow years later a tax of Is 6d (about 37 cents) on every gallon gal-lon ot tea told at the coffee house wot laid In England, For lest than that sum a drinkable pound can now bo bought In the United States. |