A short history of the words which different world languages have for tea. My third serious video. I tried to experiment a bit more with this video. Also, please forgive my horrific pronunciations of everything…
And yes, I know about “herbata.” Polish got “herbata” from New Latin “herba thea,” or “herb tea,” with “thea” originating from Hokkien “tê.” So it’s a variant of “tea.”
In Tamil the word for tea is “tēnīr”, which doesn’t sound too similar until you find out it’s tea + nīr (water)! So this is also a variant of “tea”!
0:00 Introduction
0:39 Early Origins
2:01 China & the Silk Roads
3:20 South China & Southeast Asia
5:05 European Imperialism
6:54 Conclusion
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