Academic Reading Passage-6

According to the passage, in which countries did the tea leaves become available over the last 400 years? 

What were the other ingredients added while making the tea? 

In which place was sesame oil added to milky tea? 

Which countries have praised tea for its restorative and health-giving properties? 

Which physician advised to consume eight to ten cups of tea a day? 

According to the Dutch physician, Cornelius Blankaart ______________ number of daily cups could be consumed safely.

As, over the last four hundred years, tea-leaves became available throughout much of Asia and Europe, the ways in which tea was drunk changed. The Chinese considered the quality of the leaves and the ways in which they were cured are essential. People in other cultures added new ingredients besides tea-leaves and hot water. They drank tea with milk, sugar, spices like cinnamon and cardamom, and herbs such as mint or sage. The variations are endless. For example, in Western Sudan, on the edge of the Sahara Desert, sesame oil is added to milky tea on cold mornings. In England, tea, unlike coffee, acquired a reputation as a therapeutic drink that promoted health. Indeed, in European and Arab countries as well as in Persia and Russia, tea was praised for its restorative and health-giving properties. One Dutch physician, Cornelius Blankaart, advised that to maintain health, a minimum of eight to ten cups a day should be drunk and that up to 50 to 100 daily cups could be consumed safely.