An ideal day for most of the world’s population starts with a cup of Tea accompanied with a morning newspaper. The day tends to remain incomplete without a cup of tea at least once, for most of us.  Tea is the most popular beverage all around the globe following water. It has a cooling, slightly bitter, astringent flavor which many people enjoy. It is surveyed that more than three billion cups of tea are consumed worldwide daily. Market Research Surveys This is because of the wide range of age groups who consume tea at all levels of society.

The history of Tea is spread across multiple cultures over the span of thousands of years. Cultures of different countries have different tales regarding origin of the consumption of Tea. Some regarded Tea as a medicine, in some cultures it became a drink of the religious classes, and somewhere it became a rite to offer tea to the ancestral God, etc. Along with the passage of time, apart from enjoying the flavors of tea, people became aware of the health benefit of tea as well. This gave rise to increase in cultivation of Tea plant having various flavors and types.

A common person who drinks a normal tea with milk and with or without sugar may not know of the varied variety of tea available worldwide. He would be definitely surprised to know the types of tea available in the global market. Also there are certain procedures like temperature and step time for preparing a cup of tea. Can a common man believe that!

In the world market, tea is differentiated on the basis of its place of cultivation, its tastes and flavors, its packaging, its health benefits, etc. Among all the varieties green tea, the black tea, the white tea, the herbal tea and oolong tea are the most known varieties of tea. Apart from this, also there are Pu-erh, Earl Grey Tea, Jasmine tea, Lotus tea, English breakfast tea, etc. To your surprise let me say, there is Fruit-Flavored Tea also. For e.g. Orange tea, lemon tea, raspberry tea. On the basis of packaging, tea comes as tea bags, compressed tea, loose tea, instant tea, bottled or canned tea, etc. there are three main types of Indian tea, namely, Assam tea, Darjeeling tea and the Nilgiri tea.

Drinking Tea, preferably, without sugar and milk, benefits the health to a great extent. Some of the benefits are as follows, Tea helps keep you hydrated, it increases your metabolism, it bolsters your immune defense, it contains antioxidants, it protects against cancer, it may reduce risk of heart attack and stroke, it protects your bones and it is calorie-free.

The Tea industry comes under the FMCG sector which has a healthy turnover. The top tea producing countries in the world are China, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Vietnam, etc. The said industry is generating a good amount of revenue and also valuable foreign exchange for the leading and exporting countries. Industrial market report With the growing popularity and Health awareness of Tea, the Tea industry will continue to add to the tea producing countries’ wealth.