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International Tea Day 2023: History, Significance, Interesting Facts & Quotes To Share

May 21, 2023
Bharat Times

International Tea Day is celebrated to spread awareness about the importance of the drink. (Representational Image: Shutterstock)

International Tea Day 2023: The day aims to encourage sustainable tea production, trade and consumption

International Tea Day 2023: For all the tea lovers out there, it is time to get ready as the day has come to celebrate our favorite drink. It is International Tea Day. The day is celebrated to spread awareness about the importance of the drink. The United Nations General Assembly decided to celebrate the day on 21 May every year. According to the official website, International Tea Day will “promote collective actions to implement activities in favor of the sustainable production and consumption of tea and to raise awareness of its importance in fighting hunger and poverty.”

International Tea Day 2023: Significance

The day aims to encourage sustainable tea production, trade and consumption. It provides a platform for leaders at the global, regional and national levels to prioritize the tea industry’s contribution to alleviating extreme poverty, fighting hunger and safeguarding natural resources and livelihoods.

International Tea Day 2023: Interesting Facts:

  1. Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world after water.
  2. Tea per capita income has grown by 2.2% annually over the past decade.
  3. In 2020, worldwide tea production reached 6.5 million tonnes.
  4. The FAO Intergovernmental Group on Tea leads collaborative initiatives to strengthen the global tea economy.
  5. About 9 million tea farmers are smallholders in major producing countries such as China, India, Kenya and Sri Lanka.

International Tea Day 2023: Quotes

  1. If there is tea, there is hope. , Arthur Wing Pinero
  2. Some would claim that there is a lot of poetry and beautiful feeling in a cup of tea. , Ralph Waldo Emerson
  3. Like tea, we don’t really understand its potency until we steep it in hot water. ,sister bushe
  4. You can get there with tea. , AG Sachs
  5. For the British, tea is just an indoor picnic. , Alice Walker
  6. Tea will always be the favorite drink of the cerebral, despite being scoffed at by those who are inherently in their anxious sensibility. , thomas de quincy