Tea

Same plant, same color, and almost nothing else in common with the cup in a teabag.

Chamomile, rooibos and peppermint have one thing in common with tea: hot water.

A word borrowed from wine, and the reason two gardens on the same hillside taste different.

One is a light aristocratic snack. The other is dinner. The hotels have them backward.

Britain drank coffee first. What changed was not taste but trade, tax and one queen.

One species, six categories, and a single chemical process that explains almost everything.

One plant, two words, and the reason has everything to do with ships and camels.