<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Quartz]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://qz.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Roberto A. Ferdman]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://qz.com/author/rferdmanqz/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Where the world&#8217;s biggest tea drinkers are]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>China is far and away the largest consumer of tea, at 1.6 billion pounds a year. But per person, as illustrated in the map above, the picture is a lot different: Turkey, Ireland, and the United Kingdom are home to the world&#8217;s biggest tea drinkers.</p>
<p>The Turkish, for one, don&#8217;t merely enjoy drinking tea; they downright adore the stuff. Turkey&#8217;s nearly 7 pounds per person per year is easily the largest in the world. Here&#8217;s the full list:</p>
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