Editing Tea (section)

=== Producers and consumers ===

{{further|List of countries by tea consumption per capita}}

[[File:Tea factory, Pinglin.jpg|thumb|Tea factory in [[Taiwan]]]]

Tea is the most popular manufactured drink consumed in the world, equaling all others – including coffee, soft drinks, and alcohol&nbsp;– combined.<ref name="Macfarlane" /> Most tea consumed outside East Asia is produced on large plantations in the hilly regions of India and Sri Lanka and is destined to be sold to large businesses. Opposite this large-scale industrial production are many small "gardens," sometimes minuscule plantations, that produce highly sought-after teas prized by gourmets. These teas are both rare and expensive and can be compared to some of the most expensive wines in this respect.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

India is the world's largest tea-drinking nation,<ref name=Sanyal /> although the per capita consumption of tea remains a modest {{convert|750|g|oz}} per person every year. Turkey, with {{convert|2.5|kg|lboz}} of tea consumed per person per year, is the world's greatest per capita consumer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marketresearchworld.net/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=208 |title=Turkey: Second biggest tea market in the world |date=13 May 2013 |access-date=25 November 2012 |author=Euromonitor International |work=Market Research World |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117000057/http://www.marketresearchworld.net/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=208 |archive-date=17 January 2013 }}</ref>