Turkey tops global tea consumption list, US far behind
A chart by Quartz, an online news publication, identified the biggest per capita consumers of tea in the world, with Turkey far ahead of everyone else. The data, pooled from figures provided by Euromonitor and the World Bank, suggests that Turkish drinkers consume almost 7 pounds of tea per person each year. Turkey is followed by Ireland and England, with per capita consumption of 4.8 and 4.3 pounds respectively. The US is at the lower end of the list, with half a pound of tea per person. Of the countries studied, Mexico has the lowest per capita consumption, with just 0.034 pounds. As far as total country consumption is concerned, China tops the list with 1.6 billion pounds of tea leaves a year.