Tea Consumption
Per capita mean consumption of tea in the world is 120 mL/day [1], the second most consumed beverage in the world, next to water. Black tea is principally consumed in Western countries, green tea is popular in Asia, and oolong tea in China and Taiwan[2].
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World tea consumption (1000 tons)
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location |
1996-2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005
|
world |
2833 |
2985 |
3093 |
3199 |
3227 |
3362
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India |
635 |
671 |
693 |
714 |
735 |
757
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China |
482 |
496 |
538 |
555 |
604 |
675
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Russia |
146 |
156 |
166 |
167 |
169 |
180
|
Japan |
138 |
149 |
135 |
138 |
156 |
150
|
Pakistan |
109 |
107 |
99 |
118 |
120 |
134
|
UK |
142 |
137 |
134 |
119 |
129 |
128
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USA |
91 |
97 |
94 |
94 |
100 |
100
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Source: FAO 2006. Current market situation and medium term outlook. [3]
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Tea producing countries have big potential to increase their per capita consumption.
Per capita annual consumption of tea in India, China, Kenya in 2005 were only
0.69, 0.52, 0.40 kg, whereas Russia and UK consumed 1.26 and 2.20 kg, respectively, per capita.
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Green tea consumption (1000 tons)
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location |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005
|
world |
681 |
782 |
784 |
756 |
832 |
884
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Mainland China |
343 |
350 |
376 |
388 |
418 |
485
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Japan |
109 |
107 |
94 |
101 |
116 |
114
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Vietnam |
16 |
16 |
18 |
17 |
17 |
19
|
Indonesia |
30 |
33 |
34 |
37 |
37 |
31
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Source: Annual bulletin of statistics 2006 (International Tea Committee)
[3]
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Black tea consumption (1000 tons)
|
location |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005
|
world |
2214 |
2224 |
2233 |
2280 |
2368 |
2342
|
India |
617 |
668 |
635 |
684 |
693 |
695
|
CIS[4] |
206 |
202 |
220 |
223 |
229 |
234
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Pakistan |
109 |
105 |
96 |
116 |
119 |
138
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United Kingdom |
134 |
162 |
164 |
154 |
153 |
151
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China (mainland) |
37 |
25 |
41 |
28 |
44 |
49
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United States |
81 |
87 |
84 |
82 |
88 |
86
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Indonesia |
33 |
57 |
57 |
48 |
56 |
68
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Source: Annual bulletin of statistics 2006 (International Tea Committee)
[3]
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Tea Production
Approximately 3.5 million metric tons of dried leaf are produced annually.
20% is green tea, 2%, oolong, and the rest is black tea.
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World tea production (1000 tons)
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location |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005
|
world |
3046 |
3174 |
3249 |
3388 |
3504
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China |
722 |
766 |
791 |
856 |
940
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India |
856 |
883 |
907 |
893 |
928
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Kenya |
295 |
287 |
294 |
325 |
329
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Sri Lanka |
296 |
311 |
303 |
308 |
317
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Turkey |
143 |
150 |
155 |
206 |
206
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Indonesia |
173 |
173 |
168 |
170 |
166
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Vietnam |
82 |
93 |
95 |
97 |
104
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Source: FAO 2006. Current market situation and medium term outlook [3]
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Links, References
- Tea consumption ranking in the world (in Japanese)
- Tea comsumption in Japan (in Japanese)
- ↑ McKay DL, Blumberg JB (2002) "The role of tea in human health: An update" J Am Coll Nutr 21:1-13
- ↑ Wu CD, Wei GX (2002) "Tea as a functional food for oral health" Nutrition 18(5):443-444
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ho CT, Lin JK, Shahidi F (Eds.) (2009) Tea and Tea Products Nutraceutical Science and Technology 8 CRC Press
- ↑ The Commonwealth of Independent States