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During the Civil War, the efforts of preservation of tea included "bricking of tea". Most tea to U.S. came from Great Britain. They got most of their tea from India.
By compacting tea into bricks, it was preserved on the voyage across the sea. Any tea needed by soldiers could be shaved off the brick.
From: The Mariner's Museum's Sesquicentennial Blog. "Bad Food in the Civil War' by Brian Whitenton.
By compacting tea into bricks, it was preserved on the voyage across the sea. Any tea needed by soldiers could be shaved off the brick.
From: The Mariner's Museum's Sesquicentennial Blog. "Bad Food in the Civil War' by Brian Whitenton.