A cup of tea, anyone? Only if carbon free!

The pandemic, more precisely the “tea-dinkers during the pandemic period”, has skyrocketed the sales of the world’s most common beverage, apart from water. Tea originated in China as therapeutic brew, but it is only during the XVII century that it began to spread in the United Kingdom and to bring about an exceptional worldwide consumption growth. Meanwhile the global usage of tea is still increasing, climate change is inducing a shrinkage of arable soil, jeopardizing the future of entire communities.  China, which remains the world’s largest producer and consumer of tea, is working in collaboration with the FAO on the definition of a carbon neutral production. The objective of decreasing emissions is however common to all world’ leaders that have been convened to the climate change summit demanded by the President of the United States Joe Biden. Indeed, he recently announced the doubling of USA objectives on climate compared to those undertaken by the Obama Administration, claiming a reduction on the emissions between the 50% and the 52% within the 2030.