A 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum has been discovered by an archaeology student from the University of Derby. Sarah Pickin, 23, found the lump of birch bark tar while on a dig in western Finland. Neolithic people used the material as an antiseptic to treat gum infections, as well as a glue for repairing pots. [...]
Archive for August 21st, 2007
ABOUT 5000 OLD GUM
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ABOUT TEA
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Origin of Tea
No one is sure exactly when tea-drinking began but according to Chinese legend it was discovered by the Divine Farmer, one of the mythological ancestors of Chinese civilisation, after some wild tea leaves drifted into a pot of water he was boiling outdoors.In the early days, the Chinese boiled their tea leaves [...]
ABOUT COFFEE
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Coffee
The history of coffee has been recorded as far back as the tenth century. During that time, coffee remained largely confined to Ethiopia where its native beans were first cultivated. Ethiopian highlanders first cultivated the coffee bean. However, the Arab world began expanding its trade horizons, and the beans moved into northern Africa [...]
