{"id":75712,"date":"2021-05-19T04:57:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T18:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?p=75712"},"modified":"2022-02-27T11:06:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T00:06:14","slug":"history-in-a-cup-of-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/history-in-a-cup-of-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"History in a cup of tea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>WHETHER you take it green, black or with milk, tea has been connecting communities for centuries.<\/p>\n<p>To mark International Tea Day on Friday, 21 May, Bendigo academic and historian Dr Dilhani Dissanayake is holding a tea talk and tastings at Bendigo Library from 10.30am to 12pm, where she\u2019ll discuss the cultural importance of the drink.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Dissanayake has a unique interest in the history behind world foods, especially in cinnamon\u2019s connection to her home country, Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>After her study gained interest, she decided to launch a series of monthly seminars called Bendigo Food for Thought.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople kept asking me about other food and the stories behind may foods so I thought that is the best way I can use my expertise,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, last month I talked about Anzac biscuits, specifically the women behind that biscuit, and how the recipe has been changing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Dissanayake said after Bendigo Food for Thought held a seminar on tea, she was approached by Goldfields Library for a special encore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that tea is the most desirable drink and it\u2019s just second to water, the world\u2019s most favourite drink,\u201d she said. \u201cIt has its long and extraordinary and sometimes unpleasant history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s filled with legends, myths, adventure, colonisation, imperialism, migration labour and also traditions, cultures and punishments. It\u2019s all included when we talk about tea, it\u2019s not just simply a drink.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People are encouraged to bring their own cups and saucers, and favourite tea, for the talk. Register at <strong>bit.ly\/2SVLVJ9<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0WHETHER you take it green, black or with milk, tea has been connecting communities for centuries. To mark International Tea Day on Friday, 21 May, Bendigo academic and historian Dr Dilhani Dissanayake is holding a tea talk and tastings at Bendigo Library from 10.30am to 12pm, where she\u2019ll discuss the cultural importance of the drink. 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