The rise in popularity of tea between the 17th and 19th centuries had major social, political, and economic implications for Great Britain. It defined respectability and domestic rituals, supported the rise and dominance of the British Empire, and contributed to the rise of the Industrial Revolution by supplying both the capital for factories and calories for labourers.[1] It also demonstrates the power of globalization and imperialism to transform a country and shape it into the modern society it is known as today.