Tea, an infusion of herbs (flowers, leaves, stems, roots and/or bark of plants), in boiling water, ingested for medicinal use or as a beverage for re-hydration or simply for the taste has been around longer than man has been keeping written records.
Tea, the herbaceous plant grown for its leaves as a cash crop has been in cultivation for centuries.
The original "inventor" was Nature itself. Humankind twigged to the use very early on (I think they were still dragging their knuckles in the dirt at the time)
Legend has it that the first cup of tea was brewed in 2737 B.C. when dried leaves landed in a boiling cup of water served to the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung. From China, the idea of "tea" spread throughout the world. It was introduced into the United States in 1650 by Peter Stuyvesant when he brought it the colonists inhabiting New Amsterdam (what is now New York). Iced tea was invented at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904. Also in 1904, teabags made their appearance commercially. Today, iced tea is approximately 80% of the 140 million cups of tea ingested every day by Americans. Tea can also be used to stain fabric, make cold compresses for swollen eyes, and even soothe sunburns. Tea is one of the four most common sources of caffeine for Americans.
Thomas Sullivan invented the TEA bAG Thomas Sullivan invented the TEA bAG
They were invented in 1903.
Invented by Thomas Sullivan in 1903
New York tea merchant William Sullivan invented the tea strainer in 1908. It put his tea samples in silk and strained the tea.
Good old fashioned sweet tea came from the South!
The T'ang Dynasty
Camellia assamica
The native Americans invented the Boston tea party
It was an event and not an invention.
a chinese guy...
Tang Dyasty for sure...
Maybe Herb Tea??