A little under 3 million tons of tea are produced in the world each year. The main producer countries, by order of size, are India (34 %), China (19 %), Sri Lanka (11 %), Kenya 10 %), followed by Indonesia, Turkey, Japan, Iran, Georgia, Argentina, not to mention Malawi, Taiwan and Mozambique. 
      In terms of consumption, Ireland holds the record with 3.6 kg per year per person, followed by the English with 3.15 kg - all within the British isles. The best known teas from each of these countries are Ching Wo, Chun Mee, Gunpowder, Keemun, Lapsang Souchong, Oolong, Ti Kuan Yin and Yunnan from China, Assam, Darjeeling and Nilgiri from India, Orange Pekoe from Sri Lanka, and Bancha, Hoji Cha, Ko Keicha and Sencha from Japan. If you decide to cultivate your own tea, there is nothing to prevent you from giving it your name. The most important factor for a name is its poetry and a reference to taste. If your name happens to evoke a flavor or color, then it might just become famous !

Russian tea pot

Chinese tea pot