Tea is also known to reduce dental caries and give protection against liver toxicity. Research has now proved that tea is a disease preventing and health-promoting beverage.
Tea has an enormous market.
The world consumes 3.5 billion cups of tea daily. At an average of two cups a day per consumer, that is 1.75 billion consumers per day. It is unlikely that any other beverage, other than water, is consumed to such an extent all over the world. However, while world consumption has been growing, per capita consumption in different countries shows that there is a decline. While in some of the more developed countries, the decline is quite marked, the developing countries have also started showing this trend.