(tea plantation - Maia)

                               Did you know? 

          

                  Tea time is not a British "invention"! Tea plants are native to Asia. Tea was imported to Europe during the Portuguese expansion of the 16th century. Tea experts travelled from China to the Azores islands and planted tea along with jasmines and mallows to give it aroma and distinction...Catherine of Braganza, the wife of Charles II, took the tea habit to Great Britain around 1660, but until the 19th century tea was not as widely consumed in Britain as it is today.

              Both green and black tea continue to grow in the Azores, in a beautiful place called Maia, on S. Miguel island...

                                                      based on  Wikipedia information (adapted and abridged)

               Get into the tea ceremony spirit and share a great moment over a cup of tea...

              The idea is to find bridges between Azorean / Portuguese and Anglo-saxon social/cultural realities and share them.

              It may be a curiosity, an idea, a text, a story, a song, a video or a laugh, as long as it has to do with the contents you are dealing with in the English class at the time!

                                                                                 Have fun

                                                                                    while you learn!