A Webquest about Twining's Tea |
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Go to the official Twinings homepage |
http://www.twinings.com |
and answer the questions: |
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here to download and print the questionnaire: tea.doc |
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- How long have Twinings been tea experts? |
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The History of Tea in the UK |
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- Whose tea-drinking habit established tea as a fashionable and aristocratic
drink in Britain? |
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- When were Chinaware teapots introduced and what kind of vessels were used
before that? |
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- What was the Church of England's attitude towards the new beverage and how
did it justify its opinion? |
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- Why did doctors object to tea consumption? |
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- Why were brewers against tea? |
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- Why did opponents of tea urge King Charles II to take
measures? |
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- What measure did the king take and what did it mean for the majority of
the population? |
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- How many coffee houses were there in London by the beginning of the 18th
century? |
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- What had the king tried in vain? |
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- What did Thomas Twining buy in 1706? Who met there? |
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- What beverages were served there and how did the customers behave? |
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- Why was it unthinkable for respectable women to go there? |
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- What was the reason why the ladies wished to see the coffee-houses closed? |
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- Where did the ladies want to serve tea instead and where did they keep it? |
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- Describe what a lady typically did during an afternoon tea ceremony. |
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- Why did coffee-houses lose their popularity by 1732? |
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- What were coffee-houses replaced by? |
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- What did those new places offer? |
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- Who described them in 1764? |
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- Who was tea increasingly appreciated by? |
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- Why did doctors change their opinion about tea? |
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- Why was even the church suddenly prepared to accept tea? |
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- What problem was widespread in those days and what did Quakers want to do
about it? |
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- What was changed concerning the taxation of tea and who played an
important role in bringing that change about? |
26 - What might Britain be like
today if the Commutation Act of 1784 had not been passed? |
27 - What did tea even become in the
long run? |
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What are the components of "Earl Grey Tea"? |
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What's added to the tea leaves to give "Earl Grey tea" its unique
taste? |
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Who was "Earl Grey" tea named after? |
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- Where did "Earl Grey" send his guests if they wanted to buy
the kind of tea he had served them? |
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(c) This webquest was created by Jürgen
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