喝茶直接导致了对糖需求量的增加。糖是从甘蔗中提取出来的,最早的甘蔗种植出现在亚洲。当亚洲人在品尝糖的甘甜时,欧州人只能从蜂蜜中体验类似的感觉。直到11世纪,东征的十字军骑士才在叙利亚尝到糖的甜味。当时,只有在欧洲王室、贵族和高级神职人员的餐桌上才能看到糖,享用高价进口的糖成了一种炫耀财富的方式。 Drinking tea directly led to increased demand for sugar. Sugar is extracted from sugar cane, the earliest sugarcane plantations in Asia. When Asians taste the sweetness of sugar, Europeans can only experience a similar feeling from honey. It was not until the 11th century that the Crusader knights of the Eastern Expedition tasted the sweetness of sugar in Syria. At that time, sugar was only seen on the tables of European royal families, aristocrats and high clergy, and enjoying imported sugar at high prices became a way to show off wealth.