Eat Your History Part 3: Tea with Jacqui Newling

In this episode Jacqui looks at tea. Convicts and poor settlers had drunk tea back in England, but it was not considered a staple and was not included in convicts’ rations. As more idea from China came into the colony, the poor drank cheap green tea while the wealthy drank black tea with milk and sugar. Learn how this became the ubiquitous drink for Australians.