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How many cups of tea do people consume in the world every second?

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How many cups of tea do people consume in the world every second?
a) 15,000
b) 100,000
c) 6,000
d) 1 million

The answer is: a. There are about 15,000 cups of tea consumed in the world every second. Black tea makes up 78 per cent of these cups and green tea, 20 per cent.

[Source: Foods that Fight Cancer, (McClelland & Stewart, 2006).]

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