# Tea consumption **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 12, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530 "2003-08-12T00:27:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/41 "2003-08-14T00:11:06Z")
Im not suprised the Irish drink more Tea that anyone else, My mother must drink about 10+ cups a day! I only drink it when Im sick tho ---
**Author:** ![Magickly\_Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magickly\_Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magickly_Delicious)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/42 "2003-08-14T00:30:54Z")
I used to drink a lot, but this summer I’ve been keeping my caffeine consumption down. Past summers, I averaged anywhere from one to four glasses of iced tea a day. In the winter, I have at least one mug a day. Obviously, I tend to favor black tea for the caffeine, but I also am partial to green tea and herbal tea (usually chamomile) once in a great while. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/43 "2003-08-14T00:44:22Z")
I drink tea occasionally all year. Hot tea is better, and I drink on average two or three cups a week. The best is hot tea that has cooled to just below room remperature. Iced Tea is nowhere near as good as hot tea or soda. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/44 "2003-08-14T02:46:05Z")
Two cups a day here - as long as it’s a single estate Assam 😃 ---
**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:** [August 14, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/45 "2003-08-14T02:47:35Z")
Ice Tea? Where’s the barf smiley when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/46 "2003-08-14T02:51:19Z")
**Tapioca** : There’s nothing more refreshing than a nice glass of (unsweetened) iced tea on a hot day! (Something of which the inhabitants of some European cities might like to take note.) ---
**Author:** ![JustPlainBryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@JustPlainBryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustPlainBryan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/47 "2003-08-14T04:18:23Z")
I have a confession to make. I want to go to a genuine tea house one day. I want to have the the porcelain pot, the tea cups, the scones, and the little mini-sandwiches. I want to have the entire relaxing experience, and just laze the day away talking with friends over tea. The only place I know that does this is at The Huntington in Pasadena, and even then you have to pay to get into the Huntington, and you have to make a reservation. I don’t know of any stand-alone tea houses in the Valley. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/48 "2003-08-14T07:37:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\*So on average, how much tea do you drink? \*\* One hot tea daily. Supplemented by occasional iced tea. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/49 "2003-08-14T07:43:32Z")
\ I don’t drink tea - can’t stand the stuff - but helping a friend do research for a paper on East Asia, I did learn that England imported its first tea (from China) in 1664, in the amount of 2 pounds 2 ounces (a gift to Chuck II). A mere 124 years later, the tea imported totalled 15 million pounds! \ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/50 "2003-08-14T12:26:51Z")
I like tea, but can only drink one cup a day. The tannin does me in. Green tea is better, but two cups of it is my limit. Don’t mention herbal tea or iced tea to me. People who drink those are only fooling themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/51 "2003-08-14T13:03:02Z")
**JustPlainBryan** : [Ye Olde King’s Head](http://www.yeoldekingshead.com) has [Afternoon Tea](http://www.yeoldekingshead.com/tearoom.html). I haven’t been though. The Tudor House across 2nd Street also has Tea. I’m sure there are other places. Of course, you could always make some sandwiches yourself, and make some scones or pick up a few from your local market or Starbucks. Or you could forego the “Royal Tea” and just pass the time with some friends with a pot of tea and a tin of shortbread or something. 😉 A couple of friends took me to The Tudor House back in the late-1980s for Afternoon Tea (the only time I did the full-on “Tea” thing). I met a girl there, and we were together for years. So basically it was a disaster. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JustPlainBryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@JustPlainBryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustPlainBryan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/52 "2003-08-14T18:46:57Z")
Hmmm…Maybe I should throw my own tea party! ---
**Author:** ![SlowMindThinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@SlowMindThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlowMindThinking)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/53 "2003-08-14T23:03:13Z")
Well, I use a really big mug, but two of those. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/54 "2003-08-15T12:32:45Z")
Somehow I don’t think China was part of the survey. They drink tons of tea all day long in China. consumption is huge. Tibet too, although they put yak butter in their tea. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/55 "2003-08-15T12:53:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Somehow I don’t think China was part of the survey. :eek: You’re right! I looked at the per-capita tea consumption graph, and these are the countries listed (in order of consumption from highest to lowest): Ireland Kuwait UK Qatar Turkey Syria Bahrain Hong Kong Sri Lanka Morocco New Zealand Iran Tunisia Egypt Japan Chile Australia Pakistan Saudi Arabia Poland India USSR Canada Kenya USA There’s another chart that shows tea production. (Unfortunately, this book is not very detailed; so the charts are more comparative than number-oriented.) India, it says, is the largest tea producer; almost all of it black tea. China comes in second with about 2/3 of the production being green tea. It’s very strange that China is not included in the per-person count. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/56 "2003-08-15T14:55:11Z")
I drink about 32 ounces of ice tea a day. ---
**Author:** ![blue\_persuasion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@blue\_persuasion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_persuasion)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/57 "2003-08-15T15:02:39Z")
I love mint tea . So I drink it a lot. I have it hot in winter and cold during the summer. I think more people should drink tea. it really is good . 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blue\_persuasion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@blue\_persuasion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_persuasion)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/58 "2003-08-15T15:02:48Z")
I love mint tea . So I drink it a lot. I have it hot in winter and cold during the summer. I think more people should drink tea. it really is good . 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/59 "2003-08-17T19:06:08Z")
I had three pots yesterday. (I have a small pot that holds two cups.) I started the day with English Breakfast tea. Now I’m on the Ceylon. Maybe I’ll have some Darjeeling later in the day. At work I drink the Assam CTC mamri tea (robust, flavourful, and – best of all – _cheap!_) or some Stash green tea chai. But I’ll also have the Bigelow generic American style tea if I don’t want to deal with the loose mamri leaves. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530/60 "2003-08-17T19:39:23Z")
I feel so…amateur here. I don’t even know what type of tea I drink…whatever is in Lipton teabags, I s’pose. During the school year: 1 big mug of hot tea, at least (depends on how much sleep I got…) 2-3 20-oz bottles of iced tea during the school day 4-6 cups/mugs of tea between getting home and bed. The before and after school ones are easily interchangable with coffee, though. And since there’s now not only a 7-11 and Coffee Beanery between my house and school, but a Starbucks as well, it’s likely that coffee may take over. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-consumption/194530.md?page=4)