Vahdam

2737 BC

Tea, as a beverage, is older than coffee, older than wine and maybe even older than beer. Some may argue about the latter, since some types of beer may be as old as 10,000 years, while tea has been around for ‘only’ about 5,000. Annual production today of tea leaves is in the neighborhood of 2 billion pounds.

Chinese legends attribute the invention of tea to the mythical Shennong (in central and northern China) in 2737 BC, although evidence suggests that tea drinking may have been introduced from the southwest of China (Sichuan/Yunnan area). The earliest written records of tea come from China.

Archaeologists have discovered ancient tea in the tomb of a Chinese emperor who died in 141 B.C. It’s the oldest known physical evidence of tea. Tea is often referred to one of the world’s oldest beverages.

Da-Hong Pao Tea

5 Most Expensive Teas In the World

• Da-Hong Pao Tea – $1.2 million per kilo. It is hard to imagine that tea leaves can be worth a million dollars.
• Tieguanyin Tea – $3,000 per kilo.
• Panda Dung Tea – $70,000 per kilo.
• PG Tips Diamond Tea Bag: $15,000 per tea bag.
• Narcissus Wuyi Oolong Tea Box – $6,500 per kilo.

China’s ancient bushes of Da Hong Pao produce one of the most expensive teas in the world, astonishingly costing more than 30 times its weight in gold. Wuyishan’s startling karst landscape has been famous for tea for centuries.

Da Hong Pao

Da Hong Pao is one of the world’s most expensive teas and costs more than 30 times its weight in gold, $1,400 for a gram. It is a rare and expensive strain of oolong tea, which is grown in the Wuyishan region of South China and often aged for up to 80 years before sale.

Although more people may be drinking tea at home, changes in drinking habits are not the sole reason for the price increases. It is not enough to consider the impact consumers have on the cost of packaged tea or other varieties. In addition to rising demand, there is a supply problem with tea.

The Top 10 Tea producing countries in the world

1. China – 2,400,000 tonnes.
2. India – 900,000 tonnes.
3. Kenya – 305,000 tonnes.
4. Sri Lanka – 300,000 tonnes.
5. Turkey – 175,000 tonnes.
6. Indonesia – 157,000 tonnes.
7. Vietnam – 117,000 tonnes.
8. Japan – 89,000 tonnes.

China is far and away the largest consumer of tea, at 1.6 billion pounds a year. But per person, as illustrated in the map above, the picture is a lot different: Turkey, Ireland, and the United Kingdom are home to the world’s biggest tea drinkers.

Today, India is one of the largest tea producers in the world, with over 70% of domestic tea being consumed within India itself. The Indian tea industry has grown to own many global tea brands, and has evolved to one of the most technologically equipped tea industries in the world.

Tea is mainly grown in Asia, Africa, South America, and around the Black and Caspian Seas. The four biggest tea-producing countries today are China, India, Sri Lanka and Kenya. Together they represent 75% of world production.

Italy

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Brazil

1) Tanzania Peaberry Coffee. 2) Hawaii Kona Coffee. 3) Nicaraguan Coffee. 4) Sumatra Mandheling Coffee.

Vienna, Austria

Best Coffee Brands

• Best Everyday Coffee: La Colombe Corsica Blend.
• Best Flavor: Stumptown Coffee Roasters Hair Bender Whole Bean Coffee.
• Best Dark Roast: Death Wish Coffee Co.
• Best Medium-Roast Coffee: Peet’s Coffee Big Bang Medium Roast.
• Best Mild Roast: Lavazza Super Crema Coffee Blend.

McDonald’s Coffee Is Gourmet Gaviña is the coffee supplier for McDonald’s and they use a blend of arabica coffee beans grown in Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, and Costa Rica.

India, Asia’s third-largest producer and exporter of coffee, has started producing the world’s most expensive coffee, made from the poop of civet cat, on a small scale in Coorg district of Karnataka. The Civet coffee, also called as Luwark coffee, is expensive because of uncommon method of producing such a coffee.

I’m a Coffee Snob. This Cheap Coffee Is the Best, IMHO

• Café Bustelo Espresso Vacuum-Packed Dark Roast.
• Great Value 100% Arabica Colombian Medium Dark Roast.
• Market Pantry Columbian Medium Roast.
• Great Value Donut Shop 100% Arabica Medium Roast.
• New England Coffee New England Donut Shop Blend.

Folger’s is dark enough to mask distracting flavors, thin enough not to coat the esophagus with silty grounds, and so, so cheap.

Buc-ee’s

Pure Kopi Luwak

The verdict: Arabica dark roast is the healthiest coffee for people who want to limit caffeine without drinking decaf.

The Best Organic Coffee Beans on Amazon, According to Hyperenthusiastic Reviewers

• Death Wish Ground Coffee, The World’s Strongest Coffee.
• Kicking Horse Coffee, Grizzly Claw, Dark Roast, Whole Bean, 10 Ounce.
• Death Wish Coffee Company Valhalla Java Whole Bean Coffee.
• Cafe Don Pablo Subtle Earth Organic Gourmet Coffee.