茶叶在美国被称为90年代的饮料,越来越受欢迎。最近两年美国餐馆和其它饮食行业茶叶消费量增加近20％,超级市场茶叶零售额连续两年保持10亿美元以上。1992年美国茶叶消费量已达袋泡茶155亿袋、散装茶饮料1950万加仑和冰茶57亿杯。 Tea in the United States is known as the drink of the 1990s and is becoming more and more popular. In the last two years, the consumption of tea in American restaurants and other catering industries has increased by nearly 20%, and the retail sales of tea in supermarkets have maintained more than US$1 billion for two consecutive years. In 1992, the consumption of tea in the United States reached 15.5 billion bags of teabags, 19.5 million gallons of bulk tea drinks, and 5.7 billion cups of iced tea.