THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT TEA
Added on: 20th Apr 2015
THE EASTERN WORLD HAS BEEN DRINKING TEA
FOR NEARLY 5,000 YEARS.
THE WEST HAS ONLY BEEN DRINKING IT FOR 400.
BLOCKS OF SOLID TEA WERE USED IN SIBERIA
AS MONEY UP UNTIL THE 1800S.
THE UNITED STATES INVENTED TEA BAGS IN 1904.
SOME PURISTS CONSIDER THIS THE WORST INVENTION EVER!
IRELAND DRINKS THE MOST TEA IN THE WORLD PER CAPITA.
BRITAIN IS SECOND.
IT IS THE NATIONAL DRINK IN IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN
THERE ARE OVER 1,500 DIFFERENT TYPES OF TEA
CHINA PRODUCES THE MOST TEA IN THE WORLD
AND IT IS CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY INDIA.
ICE TEA IS ANOTHER INVENTION OF THE UNITED STATES
ALTHOUGH RUMOUR HAS IT THAT A BRITISH TEA
MERCHANT INVENTED IT AT THE 1904 ST. LOUIS WORLD FAIR.
85% OF THE TEA CONSUMED IN THE UNITED STATES
IS ICED TEA
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