View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history-of-tea-shunan-teng Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world after water -- and from sugary Turkish Rize tea to salty Tibetan butter tea, there are almost as many ways of preparing the beverage as there are cultures on the globe.

Whatever you're drink, tea, coffee, or mate, it doesn't matter to me. Just as long is a book is somewhere close. A real book. Non of that ereader crap (I'm lookin at you, Jeff Birdsong!)

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