I read on a sign in front of a local tea store that Canadians consume 9 billion cups of tea a year. This comes down to 270 cups of tea per person per year.

Wow.

That is a lot of tea bags (or loose teas).

The rest of the sign read that Green and White Tea  have cancer-fighting anti oxidants, and that Black Tea helps the heart function.

Interested? Go visit Holland’s Fine Tea store in Fergus, Ontario. and say that Nardo sent you )

I was just looking up the world’s top producers for tea leaves. So it only makes sense to do the same for the other brew that I talk about on this site: coffee.

What are the top producing countries in the world for green coffee beans? I looked at the reporting from the Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations, and this is what I found:

Source: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Coffee From Brazil

One third (32%) of the world’s green coffee beans was produced in Brazil in 2006. Viet Nam, Colombia and Indonesia together have another 28% of the coffee market.

What are the top tea-producing countries in the world? I looked at the reporting from the Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations, and this is what I found:

Source: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Vietnam Tea

I am not sure what source they used, but several other sources that I looked at did not include Vietnamese tea producers. According to the UN Vietnam is the 8^thlargest tea producer according to this list.

India Loosing Ground

India used to be the largest tea producer in the world, but China has caught up with them – substantially. The gap between the numbers 1 and 2 is substantial as well: China and India are the world’s top producers: combined they produce more than half of the world’s tea leaves.