East Frisian Tea: Discover the German Tea Culture You’ve Never Heard Of

Did you know that tea is the most popular drink in the world after water? Some people love tea more than others: While Germans drink an average of 27.8 liters a year, there is one region of the country where people drink ten times that amount! We introduce you to these tea champions and reveal a few secrets about their tea culture.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:42 East Frisian tea culture
03:34 How tea came to Europe
04:42 Tea and colonialization
05:19 Trading and testing tea
06:03 Characteristics of East Frisian tea
06:47 East Frisian water
07:21 Outro

CREDITS
Report: Gönna Ketels
Camera: Marco Borowski
Edit: Frederik Willmann
Supervising editor: Ruben Kalus