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Paulie_D
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Can I explain it?

Not really, other than we, I mean England, used to basically OWN India and had, as I recall, a pretty exclusive deal with China way back when whereas coffee would have had to come from either South America &/or darkest Africa…and would, probably, have been damned expensive for the average Brit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_in_the_United_Kingdom

http://www.britainexpress.com/History/tea-in-britain.htm

amd…believe it or not…

http://www.tea.co.uk/a-social-history