Tempest in the teapot

As you remember my blog's theme is on food, which is important enough to explain the revolution. As this link explains, colonist drank a lot of tea. They did this in imitation of the British, who introduced the beverage in America. Britain putting a tax on tea upset colonists, who responded by boycotting the product. When Britain upped the ante by allowing the East India Company to sell tea in the colonies, protesters threw in Boston Harbor. For Britain this was the last straw and war became unavoidable. The moral of this blog in don't mess with Americans tea!