The
Tea Association of the USA just published a Fact Sheet on how we consume tea in the USA - quite illuminating:
- 160 million Americans are drinking tea on any given day
- 85% of tea consumed in America is iced
- 80% of households in the US have tea in their kitchen
- In 2011, Americans consumed over 65 billion servings of tea
- Prepared at home, tea costs about three cents per serving
- Black tea is still the most consumed - 85%; Green 14% and Oolong 1%
In the past 5 years, there have been 5,649 studies on tea. Tomorrow I will publish the major findings on the health benefits of tea.
