Islamabad : International Tea Day will be marked today (Sunday) across the globe including Pakistan with the aim to promote and foster collective actions to implement activities in favour of the sustainable production and consumption of tea and raise awareness of its importance in fighting hunger and poverty.
Tea is a beverage made from the Camellia Sinensis plant.
Tea is the world’s most consumed drink, after water.
It is believed that tea originated in northeast India, north Myanmar, and southwest China, but the exact place where the plant first grew is not known.
Tea has been with us for a long time. There is evidence that tea was consumed in China 5,000 years ago.
Tea production and processing constitutes a main source of livelihood for millions of families in developing countries and is the main means of subsistence for millions of poor families, who live in a number of least-developed countries.
The tea industry is a main source of income and export revenues for some of the poorest countries and, as a labor-intensive sector.
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