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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 through [[Europe]]an 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 [[Palace of Westminster|British Parliament]] approved the [[Tea Act]], allowing the East India Company to ship tea to the American colonies directly from [[India]]. This made the tea cheaper to buy, increasing the East India Company's profits and hopefully preventing the colonists from trying to [[Smuggler|smuggle]] expensive [[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 [[ship]]s, but [[Thomas Hutchinson]], governor of [[Massachusetts]], allowed the ships to stay in [[Boston Harbor]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Tea Act]]''</ref>
[[File:ACIII-Teaparty 7.png|thumb|left|250px|Stephane Chapheau and Ratonhnhaké:ton throwing tea crates during the Boston Tea Party]]
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]], boarded 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 was 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 the [[Davenport 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>
[[File:ACS Overdose 10.png|thumb|250px|Crawford Starrick drinking a cup of tea]]
Tea remained a part of British culture through to the modern age, serving as a beverage during social events or in a more individual level. In the [[Victorian era]], the entrepreneur [[Crawford Starrick]] entered into the tea trade as head of [[Starrick Industries]]. The company's reach in the market was vast, with every step along the tea supply chain—from the shipping crew in India to the London delivery man—staffed by many of Starrick's employees.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Overdose]]</ref>

==Appearence==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Silk Road]]'' {{c|Refered as ''chai''}}

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