Hey #medievaltwitter does anyone have references to scholarship on the question of why medieval Europeans did not import tea? They had access to Chinese products, so why not tea? My search for "tea" on the IMB turned up bupkis.
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Fwiw, two 15thC references to envoys from Arabia soliciting tea leaves :) https://archive.org/stream/medievalresearc00bretgoog#page/n318 …pic.twitter.com/ypBwRlkFD5
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And an Arabic reference to tea in China from c.900, showing an early awareness: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=02kFBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA49#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/e9Foa0d7C2
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