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“In 1784, the new prime minister, William Pitt the Younger, reduced the tea tax from 119 percent to 12.5 percent. Cheap tea was then available to the masses, though elitists decried tea's ill effects on "persons of an inferior rank." Women neglected "the affairs of their families" for afternoon tea sipping.”
Maureen Stanton, Killer Stuff and Tons of Money: Seeking History and Hidden Gems in Flea-Market America

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