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Tea is believed to have been consumed in China for thousands of years before it —reachedarrivedapproachedachieved traders and travellers along overland routes to the rest of Asia. It reached Europe only in the seventeenth century, where it was initially —regardedregarddisregardedrewarded as an expensive medicinal curiosity. Colonial trading companies later —establishedinstalledinstilledinstituted vast plantations in India and Ceylon to satisfy growing demand, reshaping both economies and landscapes.