Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Multitasking Tea

In ancient China, tea was the prime

Commodity formed into bricks

With many uses for the time

That folks would often intermix.

Could be used as a drink of course.

But also eaten as a food.

Herbal medicine, tea good source.

Skin toughener when weather rude.

Due to the high value of tea,

Having good supply and demand,

Became the preferred currency

On main trade routes across the land.

In China during time of old,

Tea often was prized more than gold.