jueves, 24 de octubre de 2013

Tea


For a long time have China and India been fighting over the responsibility for the invention of tea, and it's not a trivial matter because we are talking about the most widely consumed beverage in the world next to water.
Although it was a popular drink in Asia, the Europeans only got to know it when Vasco da Gama arrived in India in 1497. From this moment on, having a daily cup of tea turned into a tradition in Portugal.
When Catherine of Portugal married Charles II of England in 1661, the teatime was introduced in England.

Input of minerals and sugars (carbohydrates) per liter:  
MINERALS: 0,5 g
SUGARS: 4 g

Beer

Although beer is thought to have been produced more than ten milleniums ago, the oldest testimonies date back to 4000 B.C. in some Sumerian clay tablets (in Mesopotamia). In these documents they explained how to brew a drink that 'can make people extrovert and happy'.

In Newton's times, drinking beer was more common than drinking water because water was not always clean enough and was very likely to transmit diseases.

Input of minerals and sugars (carbohydrates) per liter:  
MINERALS: 1 g
SUGARS: 30 g