Most of the world's languages only use the words TEA and CHA (or similar variants), but why is that? This video explores the history behind the tea trade, and consequently, the sharing of the words TEA or CHA between different languages. Almost 90% of the world's languages use either TEA or CHA, and the reason is because of how tea became popular around the world in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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