Irish tea, history and elevenish

Ireland is not generally thought of as emblematic of tea. But it stands out as, first, having the highest per capita consumption in the world, along with Turkey and way ahead of England. It also developed the most distinctive black tea culture of any, spurred the largest government investigation of tea abuse, and boosted the emergence of the African tea industry.
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