Tea Time

Apparently, it's losing its popularity in England these days. According to the Telegraph:

The nation's love affair with tea is in sharp decline, according to research out today.
Some 165 million cups of tea may be drunk every day but the market is rapidly shrinking with sales of tea bags falling by 16 per cent and sales of loose tea by nine per cent in two years.

In 1999 the tea market was worth £707 million but last year that figure fell to £623 million.

The cause of the decline is the competition from high street coffee shops and the popularity of bottled water.