Who likes tea the most? That would be Uzbekistan. As the highest preference for tea, 99.6% of their population like it over coffee, while in turn Guatemala favors coffee more (also by 99.6%!). Most places around the world have a close split between tea and coffee consumption. Even in countries where one dominates the other, you’ll still easily find a good cup of tea, or a good cup of coffee! If we split the world in two, in general, eastern countries drink more tea, while western countries drink more coffee. This is influenced by production. Countries that are closer to areas which produce more tea tend to consume more tea, while the opposite is true for coffee.

Culture is also a big driver! Asian countries allied with the United States prefer coffee to Tea. Meanwhile, most of the Commonwealth, (we see you Canada!), are big tea drinkers thanks to British influence! Nowadays, it’s the big corporations that try to influence the culture. Early in the 2000’s there was a big push for coffee, however, most decided peoples love for tea is too strong. With many tea shops popping up against places like Strabucks, opting to provide both tea and coffee was the best way to go! Although more green coffee is produced globally than tea — (8.5 million metric tons compared with 4.7 million metric tons of tea in 2011), according to the Food and Agriculture Organization — it takes only around two grams of tea to brew a cup of tea, compared with 10 grams necessary to make a cup of coffee. Famously, British geographer David Grigg touted, worldwide “three cups of tea are drunk for every one of coffee.”