Americans!!!

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You could also blame the portuguese for british tea drinking habit

Really? All this time I thought it was the Chinese and the eccentricity of the British upper classes.Silly old me.

The British are the second largest per capita tea consumers in the world, with each person consuming on average 2.1 kg per year.[9] The popularity of tea dates back to the 19th century when India was part of the British Empire, and British interests controlled tea production in the subcontinent. It was, however, first introduced in Britain by the Portuguese Catherine of Braganza, queen consort of Charles II of England in the 1660s and 1670s. As tea spread throughout the United Kingdom people started to have tea gardens and tea dances. These would include watching fireworks or a dinner party and dance, concluding with a nice evening tea. The tea gardens lost value after World War II but tea dances are still held today in the United Kingdom

Trivial facts is fun

Catherine also introduced the fork to the dining tables of England.