Which COUNTRY drinks the most Green Tea?

[YoshidaYui]

Approximately 600,000 tons of green tea is consumed every year in the world. It is about 1/5 of total consumption on all kind of tea. However, interest in green tea has lead to an increased consumption. Green tea consumption report in 1998 tells that the total green tea consumption have grown by approximately 20 % in last 10 years. Major green tea consumption countries are located in East Asia. Only few percentage of the people in Europe, U.S., Africa drink green tea. Chinese are the largest green tea-drinking nation. People in China consume approximately 50 % of the total green tea consumption in the world. Japan is the secondly largest green tea drinking country. About 80,000 tons green tea are consumed in Japan every year. In Indonesia 30,000 tons and in Vietnam 20,000 tons green tea are consumed each year. Last 10 years the consumption amount has not increased or decreased much in Japan, but in China and Vietnam the number has increased slightly. The amount of green tea consumption of a year by beach person is 650g in Japan, 380g in Vietnam, 320g in China, and 200g in Indonesia. In any other countries, people drink much less green tea than those listed countries.



https://www.o-cha.net/english/teacha/distribution/greentea3.html#:~:text=Chinese%20are%20the%20largest%20green,consumed%20in%20Japan%20every%20year.

[Grokenstein]

1. I love Ito En's Oi Ocha, have it every single morning

but I drink the "koiaji" (dark) version.



http://www.iluvjapanesefood.com/2012/12/ito-en-oi-ocha-japanese-green-tea-16.html

[YoshidaYui]

2. IF you look on the bottle it says it is

a product of TAIWAN!!

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[Haggard Celine]

3. Maybe I've never had never had good green tea,

but it just doesn't have much flavor, in my opinion. I like Indian tea the best. I love all the spices in their chai. I'm sure the green tea I've had is probably inferior to what they drink in Japan, China, etc. I'm going to see if I can get my hands on some better green tea.

[Sanity Claws]

6. Have you tried fresh brewed loose leaf Jasmine Green Tea?

It is my go-to drink. If you find that it doesn't have much flavor, perhaps you can make it stronger. You can't do that with tea bags but you can do that with loose tea.

[Haggard Celine]

9. I'll give it a try.

Thanks for the recommendation.

[YoshidaYui]

7. I have ordered Matcha from Amazon

You can find it also on the website.

[Haggard Celine]

10. I'll get some!

Thanks for telling me where to go.

[YoshidaYui]

11. A GOOD green tea is meant to be bitter...

Its why in the Japanese tea ceremony a sweet is always offered with the bitter tea. Matcha can be very bitter but I have grown to love the bitter flavor... and putting sugar in matcha tea just ruins it. On the other hand, Matcha ice cream is quite good.

[KS Toronado]

4. How come the green tea bags I buy at Walmart

produce a dark color tea, never green?

[Lemon Lyman]

5. Yeah

I remember Andrew Weil talking about that a million years ago. He basically said it's poor quality, not really green tea. Green tea should be green, seems simple. I like the Ito En boxes that Costco sells. Although their "extra" matcha powder included in each packet is a pretty pathetic amount anymore.

[YoshidaYui]

8. Matacha is a product of Japan

Matcha is a product of Japan. You can purchase Matcha from amazon.com. Also has for Ito En it says on every bottle it is a product of Taiwan 🇹🇼.

[YoshidaYui]

12. If you want a really green Green Tea may I suggest matcha which

you can order from Amazon. However, be prepared to know that Matcha is quite bitter, and this is why a sweet is always served with the Japanese tea ceremony.