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Catherine introduced the custom of drinking tea in Britain.

The tea had been imported to Portugal from the Portuguese possessions in Asia as well as through the trade Portuguese merchants maintained with China and Japan.

Samuel Pepys diary makes reference to drinking tea for the first time on 28 September 1660 ( i. e. prior to Catherine's marriage to Charles ).

According to the Museum Director of the house of Braganza, it was not only drinking tea but " High Tea " at 5: 00 pm ( some people believe it to be at 4: 00 pm ) which is still a Portuguese tradition.