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WTF Fun Fact 13704 – Tea Consumption

Tea consumption in the US consists mostly of iced tea. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13704 – Tea Consumption appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

A Sip Through Time: 7 Captivating Facts About Tea

1. The health benefits of tea have been recognized for centuries. In the 1600s, Cornelius Bontekoe, a Dutch physician, touted tea as the remedy for numerous ailments. His advocacy for this warming brew may have unintentionally sparked a health revolution in England. As tea drinking surged in popularity, mortality rates declined between 7%-25%. The key… Read More »

Yaupon, a holly bush indigenous to the south-east United States…

Yaupon, a holly bush indigenous to the south-east United States, was once the most widely consumed caffeinated beverage in the Americas, so popular that the British East India Company deemed it a threat to their control of the tea market. The post Yaupon, a holly bush indigenous to the south-east United States… appeared first on… Read More »

The founder of Celestial Seasonings…

The founder of Celestial Seasonings, maker of the wildly popular Sleepytime Tea, is the leader of a New Age cult that believes we live on “Urantia” and that pale aliens named Adam and Eve came to Earth to “purify” the planet of the inferior races, including gigantic green and orange people. According to Urantia’s text,… Read More »

WTF Fun Fact – Panda Poo Tea

The most expensive tea in the world is grown in the mountains of Ya’An in the Sichuan province of China. … Read More & Source The post WTF Fun Fact – Panda Poo Tea appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source