antonjw And as I recall, resold it for a hefty profit to all the other colonies. It's little wonder why one of them went to the stuff grown on their own continent. ?
Actually, I was reading about why the UK is so tea obsessed, and it apparently has to do with that lovely rivalry you had with France. France didn't like you, and blocked most of the imports of coffee, so the UK started importing tea from Ceylon rather than pay the hefty tariffs for coffee. So while the continent went to the grinder, you steeped leaves and sipped away.
