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Island really wants that leaf juice though (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The other reason is that the Brits REALLY wanted that newfangled tea - first by routing trade from China through the British East India Company, and then by growing tea directly in India itself in the 19th century.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Are you suggesting I should actually read the comments rather than just looking at the pretty pictures before posting? Crazy talk.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I know, wild, I'll try to restrain myself in the future

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

As a fellow commenter who doesn’t read the other comments before commenting, i salute this comment.