Why does tea provide so much production?

[Sylphid]

6 production on one tile with a herbalist is a lot right at the start of the game. I checked the wiki and this is intentional. Can I ask why it provides so much production, both base and with a plantation?

 

[Recursive]

6 production on one tile with a herbalist is a lot right at the start of the game. I checked the wiki and this is intentional. Can I ask why it provides so much production, both base and with a plantation?

Why, my good chap, tea and crumpets sparked the Industrial Revolution in God's greatest empire!

 

[Patee]

Maybe that's Yerba Mate

 

[phantomaxl1207]

It has to compete with Pasture Resources (Cow and Horses), it wouldn't be viable w/o so much Production.

 

[Sylphid]

It has to compete with Pasture Resources (Cow and Horses), it wouldn't be viable w/o so much Production.

What about every other resource enhanced by the plantation then?

 

[SpecifiedUsername]

I agree it would be more understandable if coffee had the production.

Though science also fit with the coffee. I guess the science for coffee is a little too informed by modern day researching and learning late into the night or just with a stimulant boost.

In total I think it's fine as it, it's probably mostly for balance reasons. If we are to change anything, I think production should go for coffee and tobacco and tea should gain culture or science, not production. Wasn't it mostly Chinese intellectual elite drink for most of recorder history?

 

[phantomaxl1207]

What about every other resource enhanced by the plantation then?

I'm referring to just having Food+Production, most other Plantation resources will give other yields, notably Gold.

 

[Powerwise]

Why, my good chap, tea and crumpets sparked the Industrial Revolution in God's greatest empire!

This. I assume it's in some way related to the increased productivity associated with caffeine intake. The history of the coffee break is actually surprisingly interesting.

The Very Capitalist History of the American Coffee Break

The best part of waking up... is getting energized for a long day’s work

www.eater.com

Some prefer tea as a means of getting their caffeine fix.