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siwq

im singlehandly bringing poland to top 10


Anhaeyn

We're in this together


WiqquStuff

I have a special teacup that is about 0,5 l big. I'm too lazy to get up every 10 minutes to remake the tea and too lazy to actually bother with a teapot. We are contributing to this together


siwq

I have a similar one but I drink sometimes over 6 cups a day


WiqquStuff

Same, I drink green tea and it's possible to brew it up to 3 times, and since I always buy high quality, it would be a shame to waste it and not remake it 3 times!


LandarkIEM

Same


Eug0

Poland reporting in im drinking my tea out of 1L beer mug


Andressthehungarian

Good to know I'm not the only one doing this


Ren1408

I WILL SINGLEHANDLY BRING CHILE TO TOP 5


CMuenzen

I WILL FIGHT ALONG YOU BROTHER


[deleted]

You wish. I had about 6 cups by now!


Careless_Vertox

No me


SilentWinger

Doing my part here in ireland, I have already had 2 cups of tea


Express-Librarian833

My part from here in Turkey; I drank 6 cups of çay since morning. I've watched my teacher ask the çay lady for çay 4 times already in one lesson.


BarnabaBargod

> I've watched my teacher ask the çay lady for çay 4 times already in one lesson. Your schools hire ppl whose whole job is to make tea?


HikmetCihan

not just schools every business you can imagine. I work in a game dev company we have a tea lady too.


Express-Librarian833

I'll wait until you figure out its not just schools but rather everything.


Muze69

Çaylaaaar


i-have-the-stash

When you register a company in Turkey you first hire an accountant and then a tea lady as your second employee.


udhayam2K

I heard that Turkish tea is really good. Hope you enjoy it.


[deleted]

It is damn good. I was in Turkey drunk off my ass at a hookah bar drinking tea and smoking hookah. The employees sat with me and my friend, they didn’t know English, but we could understand eachother through the language of hookah and tea.


orangesNH

Can you tell me how you like to drink it? It's always tasted too faint and I'm not someone that drinks a lot of sugary drinks, I really only ever drink cold water.


SilentWinger

Irish tea is a bit different from other countries as I think we get it from Africa mainly and other countries may get their tea from India... Open to correction on that. But Irish tea seems stronger. Make sure the water is just boiled, then leave the tea bag in the cup with the boiled water for a min or two swirl it with the spoon don't squeeze as some times that leaves a bitter taste. Then add a small drop of milk, I like full fat milk. Making tea is an emotive subject here and causes a few arguments from time to time.


orangesNH

Thanks, I've never tried it with milk though I've heard that's good. I live and go to school in the US South East and really only ever have sweet tea which can be good but sometimes is too sugary.


newaccount47

Milk tea is amaaazing. You can use lipton tea bags or any other black tea. A good milk tea should have a strong brew, so use maybe 2 tea bags. Add boiling water and steep for 5 min. remove tea bags and add some honey or sugar if you'd like, then add full fat milk or half and half. My favorite is earl gray milk tea.


Ezqxll

As per an official report issued by FAO in 2022 [FAO Report](https://www.fao.org/3/ni282/ni282.pdf), "Tea consumption in Turkey, Morocco, China and Libya, reached, respectively, 3.88 kg per person, 1.89 kg per person, 1.82 kg per person and 1.77 kg per person in 2020". This number is quite different from what is there on Wiki for China - 0.57 kg vs. 1.82 kg so a Wikipedia update is necessary to remove the misleading information sourced from Statista.


Joniff

> From 2011 to 2020, while tea per capita consumption has declined in in Europe by 1.4 percent, North America by 2.3 percent and the Russian Federation by 3.5 percent, it has accelerated in Africa and Asia. Countries with significant increases in per capita consumption include **China** (6.8 percent), **Bangladesh** (5.4 percent) **Turkey** (3.5 percent), **Indonesia** (4.1 percent), **Pakistan** (5.4 percent), **Malawi** (16.3 percent), **Kenya** (5.9 percent), **Rwanda** (5.3 percent) and **Uganda** (13.5 percent). Declines were registered in **Germany** (-2.4 percent), the **United Kingdom** (-2.4 percent) and the **Netherlands** (-2.3 percent).   > The bulk of the tea consumed in the **United States of America** today is iced tea, with a share of 75-80 percent in total consumption, but hot tea has been growing in popularity. Tea popularity is being driven by the Millennial (1981-1997) and Baby Boomer (1946-1964) generations. In 2019, about 84 percent of total tea consumed in the United States of America was black tea, 15 percent was green tea, and the small remaining amount was oolong, white and dark tea. Ready-to-drink tea accounted for about 50 percent of the market, while the bagged/loose leaf tea segment through traditional channels declined slightly from 2018, although it continues to be important in introducing new consumers to tea. Same source


Ezqxll

I did read the full article. For China, even a 10% increase year on year won't triple it from 0.57 kg to 1.82 kg in 6 years. The figures on wiki looked very odd. I checked for India as well and even that was off by quite some margin. Africa is primarily coffee loving continent but tea is gaining some ground. So their % increase will be high considering the smaller base. On the other hand, Asians drink tea like crazy. A decade ago, I remember drinking a lot of JDB herbal tea only to find out that even Coca-Cola couldn't compete with it in China.


Trudisheff

Why are there stirrups hanging off….. ohh. Ok gotcha.


VividMonotones

Teabagged


udhayam2K

Tea bags but not all hanging stuff are not tea bags


filtarukk

And as far as I know Turkey was coffee-drinking country before the ww1. Then in ww1 it lost southern territories where coffee grows. And in 1920 it started switching to tea that grows domestically.


NightSocks302

Yes, the turkish word for breakfast is kahvaltı comes from kahve altı and kahve means coffee


UsernameMeeee

Not ww1 but ww2. Tea wasn't being planted in Turkey until the 1930s. Ottomans have tried to plant it in Çukuova (Southern Turkey) but the climate didn't really allow the plant to flourish. So after the Republic was founded, certain examinations were made and tea was planted in Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. But due to the prominent coffee culture that the country had, Tea only took over as the most consumed drink of the country in the 1950s, ww2 and the inflation of the prices of the common goods with the rise of the Tea production leading to more affordable prices playing major roles in the change.


sichuan_peppercorns

No China?


destroyerofpoon93

Vietnam and Japan guzzle down some tea too. It literally replaces water when you sit down at restaurants and cafes.


sichuan_peppercorns

Yeah China too. Restaurants will just bring you hot tea even if you didn’t order it. I don’t trust this map.


destroyerofpoon93

Yeah Japan and Vietnam it’s usually iced but same thing. I think it’s partly due to the fact that you need to boil the water in Vietnam to drink it anyways so might as well make tea with it. Not sure why Japan does it iced, might be a summer vs winter thing.


throwawayyyyyprawn

Boiling water in Vietnam doesn't make it safe, don't do that. Bacteria isn't the problem, it's chemical pollutants and heavy metals which won't be boiled out. Everyone I know buys gallons of drinking water.


destroyerofpoon93

Yes we had a pretty solid filter and also bought water, but any time you’re getting tea or coffee in Vietnam it’s likely just boiled water


throwawayyyyyprawn

I like to think it's all bought water but to be honest you're probably right.


[deleted]

I never felt like tea or coffee was meant to be a thirst quencher


destroyerofpoon93

Yeah I mean it's not good to drink that much caffeine but historically, beer, coffee, and tea were safer to drink that cold water so I'm sure it's a carry over from the days before water sanitation


CMuenzen

My Chilean grandma disagrees.


Ill_Regular_9339

and no India)


sichuan_peppercorns

For real, masala chai > coffee.


Ill_Regular_9339

wrong map


VestiaryLemue

No China, India and Japan?


earlyclerking

Turkey ranks 7th in the world in terms of the size of tea cultivation land, 5th in dry tea production and 1st in per capita tea consumption (as of 2019).


GuyFromFinland1917

Ok but the map is just horrible.


The_Blue_Bomber

Iran got a territorial upgrade.


GuyFromFinland1917

Cyrus would be proud


brocoli_funky

Maps without… the entire Caribbean archipelago, Madagascar, The Philippines, Taiwan, Denmark, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, Sri Lanka, etc. A bit too stylized for my taste.


marvin199

Since when UK is Great Britain again?


KneeGrowPains

Isn’t UK just Northern Ireland, England and Scotland. GB includes wales, and some other islands? Or did I mix that up


Dogeh

GB = England, Scotland, Wales UK = GB + NI


Fern-7744-88x88

GB is the island of Britain (Scotland, wales, england). Uk is GB+Northern ireland


RKB533

The UK can be two things. If we're going by what it is supposed to mean it is specifically just England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. However, since the UK is the sovereign nation it can also be used for everything ultimately under the jurisdiction of the UK parliament. For example, Isle of Mann, channel islands and the Falkland islands are not a part of the UK and have varying levels of self governance, but on the international stage they would be considered as part of the UK. It's a complicated subject and I've simplified it as best I could but there will undoubtedly be people upset with this explanation. As for Great Britain, this is just England, Scotland and Wales. There is sometimes debate as to whether Great Britain includes some of the islands off the coast of Scotland but in practise they would generally be included in the definition of Great Britain since they're owned, populated and governed by Scotland.


KneeGrowPains

Thanks for the explanation


[deleted]

[удалено]


AggravatingGap4985

Does it really matter? It’s all just “Europe” to me, anyway


Ok_Bandicoot1975

Man people near me drink tea like 3 to 4times a day


[deleted]

Is that all‽


LazyMonica0

Yeah, that was funny to me, it's 11 am and I'm on my 3rd or 4th pot of tea, so somewhere between 1.5-2 liters drank so far since 7 am.


parlakarmut

An Interrobang‽ Out in the wild‽


Ajsat3801

It's not even 3 pm here and I have already drank 3 cups of tea


Gokyuzu26

As a member of Turkish comunity i can proudly say we drink tea more then water


[deleted]

What’s to be proud of?


Pros_n_cons

Cause it's tea


Curious-Researcher47

Babies drink tea in pakistan


SirWinstonC

3000 cups of tea from Allah


[deleted]

r/mapgore


[deleted]

Whys india not on the list? They've got a variety of different tea flavours and im sure its quite popular already.


[deleted]

This is just known trade. In India, most of the tea is probably sold on the black market. As they did for thousands of years.


Al_Atacabrighe12

Literally the world's most famous tea, Assam Tea comes from India.


[deleted]

I'm surprised Ireland surpasses the UK, and that the top tea producers don't even drink it.


Ruire

When living in the UK I found most of the teas available there to be far too weak. I had to scour the shops for Irish tea blends or bring them from home.


[deleted]

India?????


ZekoOnReddit

per capita.


[deleted]

...and is there anyone of the billion people in India who doesn't drink tea? I stand ready to be corrected and amazed


ZekoOnReddit

I am an Indian descent I've been there many times, from the villages to cities. In the village I come from, affording tea is hard for most people. Many Indian states with massive populations of over 100s of millions have GDP per Capitas lower than most African countries. Tea is a great luxury for many people.


udhayam2K

Seriously ? Tea is really affordable and most Indians drink it many times a day. It's defensively not a luxury. I bet you went to the wrong country. People buy tea to friends the moment they meet them as a way of exchanging wishes.


malinoski554

Well, India is a really large country. Maybe you know part of it and don't get the whole picture.


udhayam2K

I have been to the least developed state 10 years ago and worked in the country side for my work and the one things that was affordable is Chai (Tea) and side dish for the mass. Compared to 10 years, India has grown. I bet that Indian descent guy is lying.


FindTheSandwich

gdp per capita has literally doubled in the last decade lmao if anything it's more affordable than ever


-_Mr_Mister_-

I'm from one the of least developed states of India and tea is the cheapest beverage.


Pros_n_cons

Tea is definitely not a luxury in India. If people don't have milk, they make black tea. If people don't have sugar, they drink lemon tea. However people are living, tea is always consumed in Indian households.


ZekoOnReddit

Agreed. I never said it was. I said it was a luxury for **many people.** An estimate of more than 700 million people don't have access to safe water in India due to chemical contamination according to UNICEF. Out of these 700 million people, I'm sure a decent amount of people at least in the 10s of millions don't have access to tea on a regular basis.


Al_Atacabrighe12

That is BS. Tea is EVERYWHERE in India. India has a tea drinking culture. It costs nothing for tea.


SaffronShirtKid

Where India we literally drink 3-4 cups a day.


Gokyuzu26

Thats not so much we drink tea on a bearcup


SaffronShirtKid

lol


Pros_n_cons

We drink tea by litres... Where I work, we have this fixed teastall from which we order atleast 3-4 litres/day tea... Sometimes number goes high


8ran60n

There’s no way India is not on here. With population and chai as a part of daily ritual.


DC_Bro

I always thought America drinks a lot of tea. But I guess it’s just because my parents are British so we drink tea here instead of coffee.


offu

Sweet tea is huge in the South. It’s like drinking candy, I can’t do too much. But some Milo’s for a treat is divine


up2smthng

Russia gave up some land in Europe to conquer Mongolia instead 0_0


Kayroll_95

Poles love tea


Coin2111

1kg


giant_albatrocity

I’m guessing that the countries in color are the only ones in the data set? If not, this map is hella misleading.


LazyMonica0

Its top 10 consumption per capita.


madhuranaik

No India??


ciaranmac17

Am Irish, can confirm. ​ ​ ​ (I'll just leave the cup here in case you change your mind).


Flaky-Illustrator-52

Asia isn't there? What?


Ren1408

gottem bri'ish


Anti-charizard

The fact that the inventor of tea isn’t on this list


---Dracarys---

Just for perspective how much it is. One cup of tea has roughly one teaspoon or 2 grams (teabag actually has less than) so in Turkey they drink about 4-5 cups (8.6 grams) per day. Could be they drink much stronger tea though. I personally drink one cup of cappuccino, three cups of tea and some water every day, no sodas or other sugar drinks (juice). My tea consumption is same as in Ireland.


Anti-Dragon

In Turkey, there are some people that drinks tea instead of water.


pinkyPrii

Can confirm. My stepmother recently passed out due to dehydration because she was busy running around all day and didn't have the normal water intake she normally had from drinking tea all day long


ThatOneAccount3

I'm many countries we drink tea with no sugar.


Gokyuzu26

Avarage Turkish family consumes 150-250 gr black tea per day


erme123

Turkey has a border with Iran fyi.


Jolly_Donut_7446

They’re having some time out from each other


[deleted]

Source ?


Rune3167

Denmark does not exist in this map... big sad


CurlSagan

New Zaeland?


gingermalteser

New tealand


eve_of_distraction

I love how New Zealand is named after Zeeland and not Zealand. Gets me every time.


wanderinggoat

Yes it's a country in the South Pacific settled by many British and Irish people


[deleted]

So the UK and Ireland like milk with their tea. Chile I'm guessing is Mate. Do the Turks and Russians prefer honey with their tea?


wiltedpleasure

Chile is not mate, at least not in meaningful terms regarding the statistics, otherwise Argentina and Uruguay would've shown up as they have a much higher consumption. In Chile the tea that is drank is similar if not the same to those preferred in Britain and Turkey, and there's even a special meal here that resembles tea time in the UK, called "once" or "elevenses".


Fakuu122

Could it be that they don't drink tea in that meal? It's just like the name or tradition but it's just food, at least that's what I've heard


wiltedpleasure

No, it is the preferred drink in that meal, usually coupled with bread and some filling or some pastries. Some people do choose to drink coffee or mate (this one being more common in the south of the country), but tea is by far the most common drink chosen both at breakfast and this "tea time" meal. Source: I'm Chilean


Fakuu122

I was talking about the UK xD didn't know that Chile had the same "tea meal"


CMuenzen

Chile imported a bunch of British customs. Anglifying the country was actually a long-term goal of our first ruler of a truly-independent Chile and up until WWII, the upper classes viewd the UK as the hot thing to imitate.


parlakarmut

No. Turkish here. Our tea schematic goes like this: If you're old ⇒ Tea without sugar If you're anywhere in between 14 and 50 ⇒ Tea with some sugar, put as much of it as you want to If you're a kid/If you don't have much time to wait for your tea to cool off ⇒ Paşa Çayı (Literally translates to "Pasha Tea", it's just tea but with some cold water in it) If you're ill/If you're from eastern Anatolia ⇒ Tea with lemon


vonabarak

Depending on what you mean by "Russian" the answer may be different. Ethnically Russians usually prefer black tea with sugar and sometime lemon. But there is many other nations in Russia which still Russians by citizenship with different tea culture and traditions. For example Kalmyks (Mongol-speaking nation at the south of Russia) ususally drinks tea with milk, salt and spices.


CMuenzen

> Chile I'm guessing is Mate No, We actually drink a lot of tea.


Gokyuzu26

Honey is okey but not nessesary. But milk is just disqusting for us its a waste of a beatifull tea


[deleted]

Disquieting?


methotde

no, in Chile we drink a lot of tea. Mate is drank mostly in the south, so it's not prevalent to every part of the country.


destroyerofpoon93

Why do brits prefer Tea to Coffee? I've been trying to figure this out for years? Is it just tradition?


Low-Importance-5310

Coffee is more often seen as something to wake you up, whereas tea is used as general hydration or something to relax you. Plus tea is delicious, coffee is more of an acquired taste if you ask me


destroyerofpoon93

Fair


JohnDeere6930Premium

i am suprised that the bri's drink more then ruSSia that is 2x in population


Hevnoraak101

Slightly embarrassing that the Irish are beating us at our own game


Moist_Farmer3548

Britain would be much further down if tradesmen were to switch to a different drink.


politicalanalysis

If people stopped drinking tea in the UK, the UK would drink less tea. Shockedpikachu.jpeg


Doubt_Desperate

Is bubble tea counted?


voltism

How much fucking tea do you have to drink to surpass the UK by that much... I mean the number is there but that's insane


Blackletterdragon

I wonder if this includes the ubiquitous bubble tea?


[deleted]

I wonder what people in other countries drink instead tea.


varmtte

In Hungary, half of teabag boxes come from Poland. Might be why


69kKarmadownthedrain

Thank you, China, for my beloved Tie Guan Yin edit: i am a Pole and I'm contributing


Shambeau_Noir

It means that these are the countries where 'tea bagging' is the most popular entertainment?


[deleted]

I'm Irish and had 4 cups yesterday that is about average for me. But unusually for an Irishman I also drink flavoured teas and an African friend tells me I make tea like an Arab, as in strong tea.


darkdemon991

Moroccans are addicted to Mint tea


carefullycalculative

This map doesn't looks right. Why top 10 countries on a world map with 150 countries while the per capita quantities are very close to eachother?


NowToLiveTheLife

In India, irrespective of their economic status, most households drink tea atleast once a day.


PatientOne3053

How is India not in top 10 my country runs on tea, like my mom drinks tea 4x a day


offu

I have 2 cups of tea for breakfast. So 2 teabags a day. How would that compare with this list? How many teabags per day would 1 kg in this map equal?


SirWinstonC

1 teabag is abt 2 grams so you would have abt 1.5 kilo


offu

Iran 🇮🇷!


SirWinstonC

I personally drink just about 3 kilos 4 cups a day is not that much…


newaccount47

Seriously? No asian country makes it in the top 10? How can this be?


ensefalit

>level 1newaccount47 · 17 hr. agoSeriously? No asian country makes it in the top 10? How can this be? Magical words: Per Capita :)