Which excerpt from early victorian tea set best expresses macgregor’s viewpoint about tea?
“[w]hat could be less british than a cup of tea, given that tea is made from plants grown in india or china and often sweetened by sugar from the caribbean.”
“[t]he drink which has become the worldwide caricature of britishness has nothing indigenous about it, but is the result of centuries of global trade and a complex imperial history.”
“[r]uling classes had a real interest in promoting tea drinking among the growing urban population, who were poor, vulnerable to disease and perceived as prone to disorderly drunkenness.”
“[s]laves in the americas worked on sugar plantations, the start of the long and terrible triangular trade that carried european goods to africa.”