Editing East Asian tea ceremony (section)

== Outside East Asia ==
Corresponding tea-drinking habits can be found worldwide. In the [[Tea in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]], including the [[Victorian-era]] [[afternoon tea]] or [[tea party]] ritual, was a [[social]] event, where the ritual of being seen to have the right equipment, manners, and social circle, was just as important as the drink itself.<ref>Milton, Joanna "A Nice Cuppa: The English Tea Ritual" in Dick Riley et al. [Eds] The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie [Second Edition] (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2001) pp.18-21</ref><ref>Orser, Charles E. [ed.] "Tea/Tea Ceremony" in Encyclopedia of Historical Archaeology (Routledge, 2002) p.604</ref> The Victorian-era tea was also influenced by the [[Indian tea culture]], as for the choice of tea varieties.

In the United States, [[American tea culture]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 30, 2009 |title=about american tea culture |url=http://bonteavant.com/about-american-tea-culture.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419100136/https://www.bonteavant.com/about-american-tea-culture.html |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |access-date=November 10, 2022 |website=bon teavant media}}</ref> has roots that trace back to the [[Dutch colonization of the Americas]]. In the colonies, teas were served with silver strainers, fine porcelain cups and pots and exquisite [[Tea caddy|tea caddies]].<ref name="Griffiths">{{Cite book |last=Griffiths|first=John|title=Tea: a history of the drink that changed the world|location=London|publisher=[[Carlton Publishing Group]]|year=2011}}</ref> In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in fine teas in the United States, mainly due to the lifting of China's ban on exports in 1971. From the 1920s to 1971, Americans could not get much Chinese tea and very little Indian tea was imported.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://teamasters.org/american-tea-ceremony/ |title=American Tea Ceremony - American Tea Masters |website=teamasters.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511173158/http://teamasters.org/american-tea-ceremony/ |archive-date=2013-05-11}}</ref>