"Because of its contact with the courts of the Far East such as Japan, China and Macao, the Portuguese Court was, at that time, one of the most sophisticated in Europe. This Portuguese Queen of England was accompanied by her maids of honour and with them introduced the 'Five O'clock Tea' to the British Court. Queen Catherine also introduced the use of the fork in ceremonial banquets together with Port and Madeira wines. She also introduced tangerines, which she loved, to Great Britain. Tangerines, oranges and grapefruits are fruits which originated in China and were brought by the Portuguese navigators to Lisbon. Tangerines in China are called mandarins. Queen Catherine's mandarin plantations were located in Tangier. For this reason when the delicious fruits arrived in London from Tangier they were called tangerines instead of mandarins." In BBC
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