International Tea Day 2022; May 21st.

FORUM: ''Celebrating Tea around the world, from field to Cup.'' International Tea Day 2022.

The International Tea Day is an opportunity to celebrate the cultural heritage, health benefits and economic importance of tea, while working to make its production sustainable “from field to cup” ensuring its benefits for people, cultures and the environment continue for generations. Follow the conversation with the hastags #InternationalTeaDay; #TeaDay; #21May

Key messages

• Tea production and processing represent a source of livelihoods for millions of families, including millions in least developed countries.
• Tea export earnings help to finance food import bills, supporting the economies of major tea-producing countries.
• The specific agro-ecological conditions where tea thrives occur in areas which are highly vulnerable to climate change.
• Global trade in 2020 was affected by logistics issues and measures imposed to contain COVID-19.
• Trade recovered in 2021 as shipments from major exporters resumed
• During the COVID-19 pandemic tea sales remarkably increased spurred by purchases for in-home consumption, as tea brought comfort to millions around the world
• Increasing in-home consumption of tea more than offset declining out-of-home consumption in many instances.
• In order to ensure benefits for both people and the environment, the tea value chain must be sustainable at all stages, from field to cup.

EVENTS: Celebrate International Tea Day with us!

The event, to be opened by FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, will highlight the vital role the tea sector plays for Members as well as its broader economic and social impacts around the world. 

The event will be an occasion focus on the contribution of tea to the food systems transformation that is needed to ensure better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind.

The opening ceremony will be followed by a panel discussion that will complement the celebration and touch on issues affecting the tea sector.

High-level segment
12:00-13:00 hours CEST

Panel discussion
13:30-14:30 hours CEST