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The drinks mentioned in the text are tea, ale and gin. 

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The countries approached in the text are Italy, Portugal, China, Holland, England and India. 

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The order of the topics discussed in the text is respectively: 1 – Smuggling tea; 2 – Tea and pottery; 3 – How tea reached Europe; 4 – Coffee houses; 5 – Taxation on tea. 

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British people like to drink their tea in porcelain cups.

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Tea smugglers were from Holland and Portugal.

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In 1700 there were only 500 coffee houses selling tea in England.

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The first contact of Portuguese ships with the Chinese was probably by 1560.

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Tea originally came from Asia.

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“offshore” (line 37) and “inland” (line 41) refer to opposite directions regarding the coast.

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“owners” (line 21), “operators” (line 30), and “smugglers” (line 40) all refer to people.

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“establishment” (line 16), “popularity” (line 19), “sales” (line 22), and “growth” (line 27) are all nouns which derive from their respective verbs.

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“traders” (line 6) and “merchants” (line 15) are synonyms.

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“Chinese” (line 5), “Portuguese” (line 6), and “Dutch” (line 6) are adjectives which refer to nationalities.