BIZCHINA / Biz Life
Herb tea rivals Coca Cola
(Chinanews.cn)
Updated: 2006-07-13 10:47
"Nearly 3 million tons of herb tea were produced and sold in the first
six months of 2006, and very probably the number will be over 3.5 million
tons by the end of the year, while only 31.5 million tons of Coca Cola
were produced and sold in China last year," announced Guangdong
Provincial Guild of Food and Medicine recently.
Herb tea is the traditional drink in Guandong. It is believed to be able
to dispel the tropical heat and humidity, thus to keep people healthy.
Most of the inhabitants in Guangdong keep the habit of drinking it all
their lives.
Herb tea has been produced in Guangdong since very long ago, and it is
liked by Chinese all around the world. In Guangdong Province alone, there
are more than 300 famous enterprises in the herb tea industry, not to
mention thousands of small workshops.
With a history of hundreds of years, herb tea is more than a traditional
drink, but a symbol of the traditional Chinese culture as well. Zhang
Junxiu, director of Guangdong Provincial Guild of Food and Medicine said
about 3 million to 4 million tons of herb tea would be produced in 2006,
and very possibly it would surpass Coca Cola in China in the latter half
of 2007.
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