Tea was first discovered in China some 5,000 years ago.
 
The term “Tea” is driven from early Chinese dialect words as “Tchai”, “Cha” and “ Tay
 
Lu Yu wrote the first book on the topic of “Tea” in 800 A.D
   
Tea was introduced to Europe by Portuguese Father Jasper de Cruz in 1560.
   
More than 90% of the world's total consumption of tea is Black tea, 4% is Green, 1% is Oolong tea and 1% is flavoured.
   
It is estimated that on any given day 84% of the Arab population and 78% of the Russian population drink tea.
   
World's largest national iced tea consumption is approximately 80% of the total population is in US.
   
Tea with a piece of Lemon is considered English and tea with milk as Asian.
   
Caffeine found in tea is half the amount of caffeine found in coffee.
   
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