Winnipeg – With specialty tea shops brewing up in shopping malls and on street corners in Winnipeg, a new report suggests tea is growing in popularity.
It used to be known as your Grandma’s drink of choice but tea seems to be taking on a new life, making traditional teas like Earl Grey and English Breakfast a thing of the past.
Daniel Song just opened up his second tea shop, The Tea Story on Corydon, trying to keep up with demand.
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“People are more interested in different functions of tea,” said Song, “some people will come in and ask ‘oh, do you have something to fix my cold or sore throat?'”
It’s a more healthy option to coffee and globally, tea is the number one consumed beverage, next to water.
“A recent survey found Canadians have eight types of tea in their cupboard and drink eight cups a day,” said Louise Roberge President of the Tea Association of Canada.
Specialty coffee shop owners Global News spoke to in Winnipeg say they haven’t seen a huge number of customers asking for tea, despite a Statistics Canada report showing tea consumption has more than doubled in the last 22 years.
“I find it comforting,” said one Winnipegger.
“I can’t handle the coffee late in the day so I switch to tea,” said another.
Whatever your reason is, it seems drinking tea has no age limit according to Song.
“Kids come here for tea,” said Song, “we have lots of teenagers come here for their birthday parties.”
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