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Bronze plaque № 59711

London, England, United Kingdom

The Tea Building. This plaque commemorates 350 years of the tea industry in the City of London. The industry was spread over Plantation House (now Plantation Place), Mincing Lane, Fenchurch Street, Great Tower Street, Leadenhall Street, St. Katharine Docks and Commodity Quay. It all began with the B

ritish East Indian Company who had a monopoly over tea from China & India and at one point, the City of London controlled over 85% of the World’s tea trade. Discovered in China in 2727 BC tea, known a

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