Today tea is grown in almost 40 countries in different parts of the world with India, China, Sri-Lanka, Kenya, Indonesia and Vietnam being the leading producers. Russia, Great Britain, Pakistan, USA and Japan are the main consuming countries. Spreading around the world the culture of tea drinking took various forms and shapes and some of them may seem quite strange or even bizarre to a European tea lover.

Some national tea drinking traditions are reviewed in this section. Some of the tea recipes may seem attractive to you. How does Tibetan green tea with salt sound, for example?