Every day, the world pauses over more than 2 billion cups of tea — enough to fill thousands of Olympic-sized swimming pools. Its story spans more than 4,000 years, beginning with the legendary Chinese ...

The Boston Tea Party, a euphemistic name for a dangerous escalation of hostilities between colonists and the crown, erupted on the Massachusetts coast on this day in history, Dec. 16, 1773. "The die ...

They were fed up with a British tax on tea in particular and consumed by resentment of British authority in general. So on the night of December 16, 1773, a group of rebellious colonial Americans ...

Wake Forest University associate professor of history Robert Hellyer’s book talk marks the first in person talk for the Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religious and Culture since the pandemic. (Polina ...

DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW. 2023 MARKED 250 YEARS SINCE AN ACT THAT CEMENTED BOSTON IN AMERICA’S ORIGIN STORY OVER. THE TIME, THE FALL ON A MILD DECEMBER NIGHT, REENACTORS FLUNG TEA INTO BOSTON HARBOR, ...

A room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art tells the story of tea and politics, from China to Britain and that “party” in Boston. By James Barron This article is part of our latest Museums special ...