# How much IS all the tea in China worth?

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [July 27, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-all-the-tea-in-china-worth/366304 "2006-07-27T18:25:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-all-the-tea-in-china-worth/366304/1 "2006-07-27T18:25:40Z")

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While Cecil neatly answered the question of “how much tea is there in China,” he didn’t say how much it was worth.

My admittedly limited knowledge of futures and commodities does not extend to the current price of tea in bulk. Not only that, but I have no idea how much of each variety of tea is produced in China, so I wouldn’t be able to figure this out even if I knew what each was worth.

Any insight?

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-all-the-tea-in-china-worth/366304/2 "2006-07-27T19:17:21Z")

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A link to the column is appreciated. The one in question is [How much is all the tea in China worth?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_174.html)

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-all-the-tea-in-china-worth/366304/3 "2006-07-28T19:04:14Z")

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Whoops. Been awhile.

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**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-all-the-tea-in-china-worth/366304/4 "2006-07-28T19:31:11Z")

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> [@Really Not All That Bright](#):
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> While Cecil neatly answered the question of “how much tea is there in China,” he didn’t say how much it was worth.

Depends on the woman, I guess.

> [@Van Morrison](#):
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> You can take all the tea in china  
> Put it in a big brown bag for me  
> Sail right around the seven oceans  
> Drop it straight into the deep blue sea  
> Shes as sweet as tupelo honey  
> Shes an angel of the first degree  
> Shes as sweet as tupelo honey  
> Just like honey from the bee

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-all-the-tea-in-china-worth/366304/5 "2006-07-28T22:18:46Z")

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Peking is now Beijing, and now I guess there’s “T” in China. Tchina, maybe? 😉

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-all-the-tea-in-china-worth/366304/6 "2006-07-29T00:03:33Z")

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All the tea imported into Japan cost [¥12 billion for 20,000 tons](http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/market/reports/food/pdf/2.pdf). I’m sure someone smarter than me can do the math.