It’s Always Tea-Time

During the tea party in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, the Hatter tells Alice, “It’s always tea-time.” And so it is since tea is the second most popular beverage in the world. According to the International Tea Committee Ltd.’s 2014 Annual Bulletin of Statistics, the estimated global production of dry tea was 10.8 billion pounds in 2013, representing about 2 trillion cups of tea.

Tea is sold dry as loose tea, bagged tea, and instant tea as well as brewed and b…