Tea Time

• If the topic is tea, it's called "tsiology."
• The main export of Bangladesh, the world's poorest country, is tea.
• Mongolians salt their tea.
• Oolong tea is a Taiwanese black variety, partially fermented. It tastes like green tea.
• The Irish are the world's greatest tea drinkers...about 1,200 cups per capita annually.
• Traditional Japanese etiquette of old was very precise. When served to you, the teacup was set down with its design toward you. Before you sipped, you reset it with the design toward your host.
• Tea leaves cannot be picked by machine.
• Ninety percent of the world's tea drinkers take it without either cream or sugar.