Evelyne Raje
Experience 3
2021
Decolonize English tea
How to
make English tea with local resources and question its
colonial heritage?
I collected grass in England and followed the steps of preparing English tea using this grass.
The consumption of tea is closely linked to the history of British colonization in India through the trade of the East India Company. This translates today into a great disparity between the profits generated by the leaders of the tea industry, and the working conditions in the producing countries (India and China).
This performance is part of a series that questions the colonial heritage which persists over time and generations in Europe, through food and gestures.
I collected grass in England and followed the steps of preparing English tea using this grass.
The consumption of tea is closely linked to the history of British colonization in India through the trade of the East India Company. This translates today into a great disparity between the profits generated by the leaders of the tea industry, and the working conditions in the producing countries (India and China).
This performance is part of a series that questions the colonial heritage which persists over time and generations in Europe, through food and gestures.