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Tea firstly appeared in Europe thanks to Portuguese Jesuit Father Jasper de Cruz in 1560.
Tea is a natural source of fluoride that can help protect against tooth decay.
By the mid 18th c. tea replaced ale & gin as the drink of the masses to become Britain's most popular beverage.
The first book about tea was written by Lu Yu in 800 A.D
Apart from tourism, tea is the biggest industrial activity in India.
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