Tea specialties are becoming increasingly popular in Germany

A tea-taster for the Gebrüder Wollenhaupt GmbH in Hamburg. Tea
specialties are hot demand around the world from Germany.
Hamburg. Tea specialties are hot demand around the world from Germany.
The steadily rising export figures showed the German tea traders, the
German Tea Association said on Friday in Hamburg. In addition to the
traditional major European markets, Britain and France there is an
increased demand for German tea in Russia and the United States. "The
U.S. will become an increasingly important market for the German tea
trade," said Jochen Spethmann, chairman of the German Tea Association.
"Quality is paramount. Therefore, many U.S. companies obtain their

wares from established German company known for high quality. "
In 2004, the German tea exports by 2885 tonnes to 21 637 tonnes have
increased. With that, about half of the 43 403 tonnes imported tea
after processing for export. The other half consumed the German
consumer. Drank an average of every citizen in the past year, about 25
liters of hot beverage. In addition to Indonesia and China India and
Sri Lanka are the main suppliers to the German market.
Most important is the hub port of Hamburg. In the second-largest
seaport in Europe not only 70 percent of German tea imports are
handled, but also 50 to 60 percent of Europe's traded teas. Hamburg is
thus tea capital of the European continent.