Although nobody really knows for sure who first had the idea of adding hot water to the leaves of the Camilla Sinensis plant to make a brew, we do know that tea is a very ancient beverage. In England, where afternoon tea could be considered a national pastime, it was only introduced recently from a historical standpoint.

Although the facts are debatable, tea, as a beverage, is older than coffee, wine and maybe even older than beer. Some may argue about the latter, since some types of beer may be as old as 10,000 years, while tea has only been around for about 5,000. Fair point but let's agree to disagree and just say that tea is old, whichever way you look at it.