Tea+Facts

__Tea Facts __

  //Tea was likely seen as healthy in part because it was made with boiled water,// //which is safer to drink in an area of contaminated water. //

  Earl Grey Tea is named after Prime Minister Charles Grey who ended the monopoly on tea imports enjoyed by East India Company.  //Ireland has the highest per capita tea consumption in the world, four cups per person per day, while the United States consumes less than one cup per person per day. //

  

Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world after water.

<span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">[|Video: China Today: Tea Industry and Tourism]