Question

Tea came to Europe only in the sixteen century and was drunk more as medicine than as beverage? 1,who said this? 2,what tempted him to say so?

Answer 1

At first tea came from middle East countries to Europe..I was called muslim drink at first and the Europeans avoided it on religious belief. Later the pope tried it and took a like for it. To endorse it , he made this statement so that he can have tea regularly