Vende-se chá: comércio e consumo de chá no Recife oitocentista (1800-1850).

• Ano de defesa: 2024
• Autor(a) principal: Melo, Ana Paula Costa de Abreu e
• Orientador(a): Santos, Lídia Rafaela Nascimento dos
• Banca de defesa: Amaral, Walter Valdevino do, Salles, André Mendes
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Católica de Pernambuco
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Mestrado em História
• Departamento: Departamento de Pós-Graduação
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: Dissertações; Chá - Comércio - História; Chá - Recife (PE) - História; Pernambuco - Comércio - História
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Dissertations; Tea - Trade - History; Tea - Recife (PE) - History; Pernambuco - Commerce - History
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CIENCIAS HUMANAS::HISTORIA
• Link de acesso: http://tede2.unicap.br:8080/handle/tede/1996

This research aims to analyze the consumption and marketing of tea in the city of Recife during the first half of the 19th century. Tea is an oriental product that arrived in the West during the historical period of maritime navigation. In Brazil, its commercialization increased from 1808, when there was also an incentive to plant it. This was a time when there was an important process of socio-cultural transformation in the country, which also led to the incorporation of new habits, including the consumption of tea. Recife became a major consumer of this product, which arrived via the city's port. Tea, previously restricted to the elite, ended up becoming popular in Recife. It was a product that was constantly advertised and sold in Recife's stores and/or warehouses, botequins and casas de pasto. The theoretical basis of this research was Norbert Elias' “Civilizing Process”, as well as others, in order to analyse socio-cultural aspects that could also be seen in the behaviour of Recife's residents at the time. In addition to studying theories, the methodology included cross-referencing journalistic sources, available in the digital library, with the newspapers Diário de Pernambuco, O Cruzeiro and Carapuceiro, as they were the most widespread news outlets in the city during the period studied. The analysis of the information collected showed that tea was a high-cost product, consumed by part of the population and imported from China. In addition, an e-book was produced with the aim of disseminating the knowledge acquired to those interested in history and culture, as well as spreading the consumption of tea as a drink.