Stockton,
CA 
Tea
Drinking
tea was important in many Chinese households. The tea was made in
teapots and drunk out of small, porcelain cups without handles that
were brought from China. Tea drinking was also very important to
Euroamericans in the 19th century, who
sometimes used fancy teapots and matching cups and saucers.
Teapots like the ones we found at the laundry were sometimes also
used to 
brew
traditional Chinese medicine from herbs.
What are some of the reasons that Chinese immigrants might have continued to drink tea after they left China?
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