Which excerpt from early victorian tea set best expresses macgregor’s viewpoint about tea?
“[w]hat could be less british than a cup of tea, given that tea is made from plants grown in india or china and often sweetened by sugar from the caribbean.”
“[t]he drink which has become the worldwide caricature of britishness has nothing indigenous about it, but is the result of centuries of global trade and a complex imperial history.”
“[r]uling classes had a real interest in promoting tea drinking among the growing urban population, who were poor, vulnerable to disease and perceived as prone to disorderly drunkenness.”
“[s]laves in the americas worked on sugar plantations, the start of the long and terrible triangular trade that carried european goods to africa.”

The excerpt, which expresses MacGregor's viewpoint about tea is this: “THE DRINK WHICH HAS BECOME THE WORLDWIDE CARICATURE OF BRITISHNESS HAS NOTHING INDIGENOUS ABOUT IT, BUT IS THE RESULT OF CENTURIES OF GLOBAL TRADE AND A COMPLEX IMPERIAL HISTORY.”

A speaker's viewpoint refers to his opinion about a particular matter. Thus, the answer given above is MacGregor's opinion about tea. In the correct option given above, 'the drink' refers to tea. What the speaker is saying in essence is that, tea, which is a very popular and well known drink with the British did not originate from Britain. Tea was brought to Britain as a result of international trade with other countries of the world.

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