Unfortunately, Pepys 'next diary entry does not tell us. But from records of the time we do know that in 1666 the East India Company imported 231b of tea leaves from the Orient, and that in the same year Lord Arlington sold China tea which he brought back to London from Amsterdam to friends for over ￡ 2 18s. a pound!
不過按照當時的紀錄來看，英屬東印度公司在一六六六年一共由東方進口廿三磅的茶葉；同年阿靈頓爵爺由阿姆斯特丹帶回倫敦，僅在朋友間轉手的中國茶葉，每磅售價將近三英鎊以上！