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Builders Tea.

            Candid street shot.
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Builder's tea is an English colloquial term for a strong, milky tea with sugar. The tea takes its name from the inexpensive tea commonly drunk by construction workers taking a break. A builder's tea is typically brewed in a mug (as opposed to a teapot) with two or more teaspoons of sugar. The term has widespread use throughout both Ireland and the United Kingdom.

The history of tea is long and complex, spreading across multiple cultures over the span of thousands of years. Tea likely originated in southwest China during the Shang dynasty as a medicinal drink. An early credible record of tea drinking dates to the 3rd century AD, in a medical text written by Hua Tuo. Tea was first introduced to Portuguese priests and merchants in China during the 16th century. Drinking tea became popular in Britain during the 17th century. The British introduced tea production, as well as tea consumption, to India, in order to compete with the Chinese monopoly on tea.

The first record of tea in English came from a letter written by Richard Wickham, who ran an East India Company office in Japan, writing to a merchant in Macao requesting "the best sort of chaw" in 1615. Peter Mundy, a traveller and merchant who came across tea in Fujian in 1637, wrote, "chaa — only water with a kind of herb boyled in it ". In 1657, tea was listed as an item in the price list in a London coffee house, and the first advertisement for tea appear in 1658. On 25 September 1660 Samuel Pepys recorded in his diary: "I did send for a cup of tee (a China drink) of which I never had drank before." It is probable that early imports were smuggled via Amsterdam or through sailors arriving on eastern boats. The marriage of King Charles II in 1662 to the Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza also brought the tea drinking habit to court. Official trade of tea began in 1664 with an import of only two pound two ounces for presentation to King Charles II, but grew to 24 million pounds a year by 1801.

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Taken in: Norge / Møre og Romsdal Fylke / Kristiansund (show map)

Taken on: June 15, 2015

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Camera: Nikon D7100, f/8.0, 1/400 sec, 300mm (=450mm), ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7100
Lens:	18.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-6.3
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	300mm (35mm equivalent: 450mm)
ISO:	250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Unknown (-1)
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.6 (Windows)
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