EARLIEST CUPPA

A 374-year-old shopping list may be the earliest reference to someone drinking tea in England. Curator Rachel Conroy from Temple Newsam House, near Leeds, found the 1644 bill for medical ingredients bought by the estate, which mentions bottles of “China drink”, the old name for tea, in the West Yorkshire Archives. Each bottle was priced at an exorbitant four shillings. D.Telegraph, 16 Jan 2018.