Tea News: Is the British tea supply at risk?

Tea Fact: Tea is the most consumed drink after water.

Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northern Myanmar Tea is also made, but rarely, from the leaves of Camellia taliensis. After plain water, tea is the most widely consumed drink in the world. There are many different types of tea; some have a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavour, while others have profiles that include sweet, nutty, floral, or grassy notes. Tea has a stimulating effect in humans, primarily due to its caffeine content.

Tea, Wikipedia

Tea Fact: Tea comes in a range of colours and those colours are determined by how the tea is treated after picking.

I love all shades and colours of tea.

Tea Fact: Caffeine makes up about 3% of tea’s dry weight, which translates to between 30 and 90 milligrams per 250-millilitre cup depending on the type, brand, and brewing method.

Tea Fact: We drink 62 billion cups of tea each year in Britain.

Tea Fact: The global tea market is worth roughly £40 billion.