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DRINKS.
value
in
the
time
of
Queen
Anne,
In
relation
to
our
own
it
was
excessively
dear,
and
its
value
fluctuated
much.
Black
tea
varied
in
1704 from
12^.
to
16^.
per
pound;
in
1706,
145.
to \6s,\
in
1707,
which
seerns
to
have
been
an
exceptionally
dear
year,
\6s.,
20s,,
22s.,
24.S., 305".,
and
32^.
In
1709
it
was
from
14^".
to
2Ss,
;
and
in
1710,
12^.
to
28:?.
Green
tea
in
1705
was
13^.
6d.
;
in
1707,
205-.,
22^.,
26s.
;
in
1709,
105.
to
15^.
;
and
in
17
10,
los.
to
165.
The
difference
between
new
and
old
is
given
once
;
the
new
tea
is
14^".,
and
the
old
125.
and
los.
The
margins
in
price
are
not
only
accounted
for
by
difference
in
age,
but
it
was
well
known
that
old
leaves
were
re-dried
and
used
in
the
cheaper
sorts
;
indeed,
there
is
a
very
curious
advertisement
in
the
advertis-
ing
portion
of
the
Tatler,
Aug.
26th,
17
10:
"
Bohea
Tea,
made
of
the
same
Materials
that
Foreign
Bohea
is
made
of,
\(>s,
a
Pound.
Sold
by
R.
Fary
only,
at
the
Bell
in
Grace
Church
Street,
Druggist.
Note.
The
Natural
Pecko
Tea
will
remain,
after
Infusion,
of
a
light
grey
colour.
All
other
Bohea
Tea,
tho'
there
be
White
in
it
will
Change
Colour,
and
is
artificial."
Tea
was
now
"
in
Society,"
and
was
made
the
medium
of
pleasant
little
reunions.
The
accompany-
ing
illustration
gives
a
Tea-party,
temp.
Queen
Anne,
by
which
it
appears
that
the
cups
had no
handles
at
that
time,
and
were
of
veritable
oriental
porcelain,
and
that
it
was
not
considered
a
breach
of
good
manners
to
drink
tea
out
of
saucers.
But
even
this
Eden
had
its
serpent,
in
the
shape
of
scandal,
from
which
the
tea
table
seemed
no
freer