Tea was created more than 5 000 years ago in China.

The modern term "tea" derives from early Chinese dialect words - such as Tchai, Cha and Tay.

The first book about tea was written by Lu Yu in 800 A.D

Tea firstly appeared in Europe thanks to Portuguese Jesuit Father Jasper de Cruz in 1560.

Nearly 94 percent of the tea consumed is black tea, four percent is green tea, one percent is oolong tea and one percent is flavored tea.

In 1994, Americans consumed approximately 50 billion six-ounce servings of tea, or over 2.25 billion gallons--enough brewed tea to fill more than 160,000 backyard swimming pools.

On any given day, about half the American population drinks tea.

Americans consume more than 125 million cups or glasses of tea daily.

Iced tea accounts for approximately 80 percent of U.S. tea consumption -- the largest national percentage of iced tea consumption in the world.

Tea with a piece of lemon is considered English and tea with milk or cream – Russian.

To relieve tired, achy feet and control foot odor, soak feet in tub of diluted, lukewarm tea, to which juice of one lemon and pinch of salt has been added.

Place a wet tea bag on insect bite to relieve pain and swelling.

For nervous wrecks, one made tea with two parts hawthorn to one part each of sage and balm.

Tea bag tea accounts for 60 percent of all brewed tea in the U.S. Loose tea comprises only two percent of tea sales in the U.S. -- a statistic The Republic of Tea intends to change.

Recommended number of cups of tea to drink each day is 5.

87 percent of all cups of tea are brewed from tea bags.

98 percent of people take their tea with milk, but only 30% take sugar in tea.

Tea has potential health benefits in cardiovascular disease and cancer prevention.

Tea is a natural source of fluoride that can help protect against tooth decay and gum disease.

Tea contains half the amount of caffeine found in coffee.

By the middle of the 18th Century tea had replaced ale and gin as the drink of the masses and had become Britain’s most popular beverage.

Tea breaks are a tradition that has been with us for approximately 200 years.