They were fed up with a British tax on tea in particular and consumed by resentment of British authority in general. So on the night of December 16, 1773, a group of rebellious colonial Americans ...
CHANNEL 5. EVERY DAY THE WORLD STOPS TO ENJOY MORE THAN 2 BILLION CUPS OF TEA, ENOUGH TO FILL THOUSANDS OF OLYMPIC SIZED SWIMMING POOLS. AND ITS STORY BEGAN MORE THAN 4000 YEARS AGO, LEGEND SAYS.