Samuel Twining, 9th-generation chairman of the Twinings tea company of England, founded in 1706, said--to this reporter's surprise--that the real cause was "snobbery"! Rarity gives things value, and value is a source of human pride; Twining ascribes the main credit for creating this national drink to the monarchs, starting with Charles Ⅱ, who taxed tea heavily from the 17th century onwards.
創業於一七○六年的英國唐寧紅茶，第九代總裁山姆．唐寧在接受本刊採訪時一語驚人：「人類的勢利天性！」物以稀為貴，人因貴而驕，他把造就國飲之大業首先歸功於十七世紀末葉查爾斯二世以降，重賦茶稅的君王。