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'''Tea''' or '''chai''' is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of ''Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to [[China]] and [[Asia|East Asia]]. Famous for its stimulating effect, tea was also used for recreational purposes, leading to the establishment of teahouses where individuals could meet while drinking tea.<ref name="Silk Road">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Silk Road]]''</ref>

With the establishment of the [[Silk Road]], tea was diffused by the [[merchant]]s from the Far East to the [[Middle East]]. In 870 CE, the [[Hidden Ones|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] introduced to his [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|Frankish brethren]] [[Oisel]] and [[Matthias]] the beverage when they met in [[Antioch]].<ref name="Silk Road"/>

During the Colonial Era, tea circulated in [[Europe|European countries]] and their [[Americas|American colonies]], especially becoming a part of [[United Kingdom|British]] culture with the [[East India Company]] exporting tea from [[Asia]] to [[Great Britain]] and the [[United States|British Colonies]]. During the 18th century, tea's consumption began to be rival by coffee. In 1768, the merchant [[Bouché]] had difficulty selling tea in [[New Orleans]] and was forced to slander his business rival [[Philippe de Grandpré]] as he sold coffee.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]'' - [[Elegant and Deadly]]</ref>

In 1773, the British Parliament voted the [[Tea Act]], allowing the East India Company to ship tea to the American colonies directly from [[India]]. This made the tea much less expensive, increasing the East India Company's profits and hopefully preventing the colonists from trying to smuggle less cheap [[Netherlands|Dutch]] tea. However, the colonists objected, believing the Act was a trick to make them pay tax despite their lack of representation in Parliament. [[Philadelphia]] and [[New York City]] turned away the East India Company's [[ships]], but [[Thomas Hutchinson]], governor of [[Massachusetts]], allowed the ships to stay in [[Boston Harbor]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' - [[Database: Tea Act]]''</ref>

The [[American Rite of the Templar Order|Colonial Templar]] [[William Johnson]] smuggled tea from the ships of the East India Company to finance the purchasing of the [[Iroquois]] lands for the Order.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' - [[On Johnson's Trail]]</ref> On 16 December 1773, the [[American Brotherhood of Assassins|Colonial Assassin]] [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]], with [[Samuel Adams]], [[Paul Revere]] and [[William Molineux]] from the [[Sons of Liberty]], aborded the East India company's ships and threw the tea cargo in the Boston Harbor, foiling Johnson's plan. The event was remembered as the [[Boston Tea Party]] and one of the first steps to the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' - [[The Tea Party]]</ref> The Colonial Assassins organized other Tea Parties in [[New Jersey]] and [[Maryland]] to defy the British rule in the Colonies.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' - [[Contracts (Colonial Brotherhood)|Contracts]]</ref>

In his [[Davenport Homestead|Homestead]], Ratonhnaké:ton produced tea with the help of the innkeepers [[Oliver (Homestead)|Oliver]] and [[Corrine]] using honey and rosemary. Ratonhnaké:ton sold it across the [[North America]]n East Coast and the [[Caribbean Sea]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' - [[Crafting (Assassin's Creed III)|Crafting]]</ref>

Through the Modern Times, tea remained a part of British culture, served as a beverage during social events or in a more individual level.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' - [[Overdose]]</ref>

==Appearence==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Silk Road]]'' {{C|Refered as ''chai''}}

==Gallery==
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ACIII-Teaparty 7.png|[[Stephane Chapheau]] and Ratonhnhaké:ton throwing tea crates during the Boston Tea Party
ACS Overdose 10.png|[[Crawford Starrick]] drinking a cup of tea
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