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Most of the world’s tea comes from the tropics, especially the mountainous areas.
The whole concept of tea must have come from somewhere, right? And so, legend has it that it was this dude. Just like paper and gunpowder, it would seem that we have the Chinese to thank for tea, when the 2nd emperor, Shen-Ning, supposedly made the discovery whn tea leaves blew in to his boiling water back in 2727BC.
Seems like quite a specific year for so long ago, I know. But it’s a significant discovery too!
The popularity of tea played its role in fast-tracking certain technological advances, such as ships and more efficient methods of transport. “How?” you may ask…
Tea played a major role in the Western world interacting with the East. In fact, you might even say that the tea trade was the catalyst for such interaction. This led to that better transport we talked about.
The tannins in tea are supposed to help blood coagulate, and therefore, if it should help stop you bleeding too profusely, right?
I haven’t tried this to verify the legitimacy, but hey, it can’t hurt either way.
They say that the tannic acid in tea can help get rid of warts.
In the United States, the only state that is home to a major tea plantation is South Carolina.
The most popular brand of the world’s most popular beverage is……
Lipton, of course.
It used to be that men were the only ones allowed to consume tea in England. It was smuggled in to the country and sold in coffee houses. Seems crazy to us now, but that’s how it was.
We often think of tea and Britain belonging together like Italy and pasta, however, it really is only a new thing for the Brits. It arrived to the place back in 1657 but it wasn’t until muh later – the latter 18th century – that it really began to permeate the culture of the land.
Following the Boston Tea Party, the beverage began to lose popularity within the Untied States. Today, coffee is more popular within the country.
It is customary in Chinese tea ceremony to tap your fingers on the table to show your approval and appreciation for the fine taste of the tea.
Despite all the different varieties of tea in the world, black tea remains the most popular. Easily so, in fact, with over three-quarters of the tea consumed around the world being of that variety.
The most expensive high tea meal may be found in Hong Kong at the Ritz Carlton. You know, just in case you were looking to fork out an exorbitant amount of around $9,000. We really hope it’s worth it!
What we call black tea in the Western world is what they call red tea in China. They can call it what they like since they got there first, but it is the same stuff, so it matters little, really.
What is the most consumed beverage on Earth? Well, if we remove water, then tea comes first. But why would we remove water?! Tea is second.
Eighty-five percent of the tea which Americans consume is in the form of ice tea, so it would make sense that this is where the idea was spawned…
The dude who invented ice tea needs a pat on the back, and it is said that the idea was first floated in the United States, at the 1904 St. Louis World Fair. However, it was an Englishman who owned the idea.
The top two tea producers in the world are China, and then India. I guess this makes sense if it’s such a popular drink – they are the two largest countries in the world, after all.
It would appear that there as many types of tea as there are cultures to consume them, with more than 1,500 different varieties known worldwide.
In both Afghanistan and Iran, tea is considered the official national drink (whatever that actually means in terms of how it affects anybody’s life, we don’t know
As far as individual nations go, it’s probably no surprise to learn that the Irish are the world leaders per capita, with the British coming in a close second.
For many people, drinking tea with the help of a tea bag is just how it’s done, while the purists may consider it sacrilege. Either way, the Americans invented the idea at the start of the 20th century.
Tea was a from of currency in Siberia for many years up until the 19th century – like, solid blocks of it were literally treated as money.
Those in the East really know their tea. That’s probably because they’ve had almost 5,000 years to get used to it whereas, in the West, we’ve only been drinking the stuff for around 400 years.
