荷兰冷知识：他们把茶带到了欧洲

说起茶，你可能会首先想到英国。

是的，英国现在已经成了西方饮茶的代表，但其实英国人当年是玩了荷兰人玩剩下的，荷兰人才是最早做这门生意的人。

果然是个厉害的商人国家。

Although it were the Portuguese who discovered tea in East Asia, it were the Dutch who started to import it commercially into Europe in 1610. By the way: tea didn’t get to the UK until about 40 years later!

虽然是葡萄牙人在东亚发现了茶，但却是荷兰人在1610年开始把茶商业化地进口到欧洲。另外，茶传到英国还要再晚40年！