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Tea facts that you have to know!
Hearing all this hype about tea? Wondering which tea facts are worth looking at? Know of any? When did you get your last update of tea facts?
Here they are:
- Tea is the second most widely consumed beverage in the world after water. Half of the world's population drinks it either hot or cold.
- It is the most popular and cheapest beverage, next to water, in the world.
- An average of three billion cups of tea are consumed daily worldwide.
- Morocco is one of the biggest tea importers of the world.
- Everyday, more than 2 billion men and women drink their favorite beverage, tea.
- 5 out of 6 North Americans drink tea! (Whoa! What a tea fact! I would have never guessed!)
- The average North American consumes one cup of tea per day.
- 1.42 million pounds of tea are consumed per day in the United States.
- Americans influenced tea use both by inventing tea bags and by starting the practice of drinking iced tea at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904.
- The average person in the UK drinks an average of 3.5 to 4.0 cups of tea per day.
- 3.5 million tones of tea were produced in 2006.
- Tea's consumption will continue to increase as health-conscious consumers choose tea for its medicinal benefits.
- Tea is a rich source of antioxidants and flavonoids which are scientifically proven to aid in the prevention of heart disease and cancer.
- The antioxidants in two cups of black tea are equivalent to the antioxidants in one glass of red wine, seven glasses of orange juice, or 20 glasses of apple juice.
Cool tea facts, don't you think so? How about reading some funny, and yet, very true chocolate facts now?
What is tea?
Tea is a beverage made from the leaves of the plant called Camellia Sinensis. It is an evergreen which is related to the camellia plant.
It can grow up to be 30 ft. / 9.1 m. high, but when grown for cultivation purposes, it is usually pruned to stay between 3-5 ft. / 91-151 cm high.
Tea is native to China where it grew, unattended to, until it was discovered that it could give a better flavor to boiled water.
The legend says this about the discovery of tea:
Emperor Shen Nung, who was a scholar and herbalist in 2700 B.C.,
discovered tea while he was sipping hot water under a wild tea tree. There was a light wind and some of the wild tea tree's leaves floated into his cup. From the delicate aroma that arose, Shen Nung found his curiosity awaken and sipped it.
Thanks to the kindness of the wind and the curiosity of Shen Nung. On that day, tea was discovered!
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