Where the world’s biggest tea drinkers are

Nifty chart from Quartz showing per capita tea consumption by country. The U.S. at half a pound is well down the list but much of the tea sold here is blended with heavy ingredients, making the actual volume much higher.

Dan Bolton Publisher

Dan founded Tea Journey Magazine, the Tea Biz Podcast and Blog, and is a contributing editor at STiR Coffee and Tea. He is also the former editor and publisher of Tea Magazine (2012) World Tea News and the former editor-in-chief at Specialty Coffee Retailer, which was headquartered in San Francisco. Dan has traveled the tea lands, speaking on retail beverage trends in Canada and the United States and at conferences in Europe, China, India, Australia, the Middle East, South America, and Africa.

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January 22, 2014

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2 responses to “Where the world’s biggest tea drinkers are”

Liz Eaton says:

January 22, 2014 at 3:11 pm

Interesting stuff!
Barbara Dufrene says:

January 22, 2014 at 3:12 pm

Very interesting chart,
queries: where is Pakistan ??
: Germany is a major tea hub, did you take the re exports into account??
thank you ,
BD.