1. Tea is the second most consumed beverage on the planet – after Water. It has even greater consumption than Coffee. Despite Coffee’s popularity in the West, much of the Middle East and Asia have tea drinking ingrained in their culture
2. In the 400-600’s demand for tea being used as a medicinal drink rose in China.
3. Tea in Japan during this period was rare and expensive, and enjoyed most by high priests and the aristocracy.
4. During 648-749 a Japanese Monk Gyoki planted the first tea bushes in 49 Buddhist temple gardens.
5. Buddhism and tea devotion spread and the Japanese Buddhist Saint and Priest Saicho and Monk Kubo Daishi, brought tea seeds and cultivation and manufacturing tips back from China and planted them in the gardens in Japanese temples.
6. In 951 a period when disease was rife, Kuya started Obukucha, green tea served at the New Year to ward off illness.
7. Tea is first mentioned in the ancient texts as an offering. In the Buddhist scriptures it is often spoken as an offering made to the Buddha.
8. Many Tea Bags contain plastics. this is a result of trying to produce a better quality teabag and therefore a better quality experience.
9. The leaves from the Raspberry plant can be steeped to produce a Herbal Tea.
10.  It’s widely understood there are around 1500 known varieties of Tea. However, the exact possible number of variations is almost limitless.

Source: Shimodozone Tea How