Ten tea facts

1. There is an estimated 1,500 different types of tea.

2. Tea is the national drink in Iran and Afghanistan. Green tea is consumed as a thirst quencher, and black tea as a warming beverage. Both of them are prepared with lots of sugars

3. The British drink about 165 million cups of tea a day.

4. Britain is the second-largest nation of tea drinkers per capital Ireland is the first.

5. China is the world’s largest producer of tea. In 2009, China produced 1,359,000 tonnes; India was second with 979,000 tonnes.

6. An estimated 85% of tea that is consumed in the United States is iced tea.

7. Over 519 million pounds of tea are imported into the United States each year.

​8. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world.

9. It takes around 4 to 12 years for a tea plant to produce a seed. It takes about three years before a new plant is ready to harvest.

10. Tea plants need at least 50 inches of rain a year.

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