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Tea Facts
● In 2014, Americans consumed more than 80 billion servings of tea, or more than 3.60 billion gallons.
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● The USA is the third largest importer of tea after Pakistan.
(Bolton, D. (2016, April 12). Global Tea Industry Faces Diverse Challenges.
Retrieved May 17, 2016, from http://worldteanews.com/insights/global-tea-industry-faces-diverse-challenges)
● Tea is now consumed in nearly 80% of US households, with more 50% consuming tea on any given day. (IBISWorld,
Tea Production Report, Jan 2015)
● Approximately four in five consumers drink tea, with millennials being the most likely (87% of millennials drink tea).
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● All tea comes from the Camellia sinensis plant, a warm-weather evergreen.
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● Camellia sinensis bears leaves, fruit, and flowers, but usually, only the leaf is used for tea. In fact, there’s often
confusion between herbal infusions, also known as tisanes , and actual tea. Although popular today in the health
industry, herbal “teas” are not really teas at all, because they don’t include the leaves of Camellia sinensis .
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● There are six main categories of teas: white, green, yellow, black, oolong, and post-fermented (also called “dark
tea”). Within those categories are thousands of varietals each with their own distinctive aroma and flavor profiles.
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Tea Association of the USA, Inc., Tea Fact Sheet 2014
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Tea Association of the USA, Inc., “A Tea By Any Other Name…”
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