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This document discusses how tea drinking in 19th century Britain was associated differently with social class and gender. For upper and middle class women, tea drinking was portrayed as a sign of domestic duty and gentility when enjoyed in moderation. However, medical experts warned that women were more susceptible than men to negative health effects from excessive tea consumption. Meanwhile, poor and working class women

Author

Katarzyna Kaleta

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