Why do Asians drink green tea almost exclusively? I've never seen one drink black tea. The closest they get to black tea is oolong which is between green and black (partially fermented).
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Not all asians drink green tea. Black tea is common in Mongolia, Tibet, Russia, etc. Green tea loses its flavor very fast, so it needs to be fresh. Societies near where it was produced traditionally tend to drink green tea. Black tea can hold its flavor for years, so it was used for trade. So, societies that had to import tea from a long distance tended toward black tea. This is why Europeans only had black tea until the early 1900's. Its also a self reinforcing tradition - if you grow up drinking green tea, you will tend to continue to drink it and give the same thing to your kids.
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Most Asians I know drink a variety of teas.
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Not all asians just drink green tea. My mom, who's asian drank a tea made out of barley. I never seen her drink green tea til we moved to Japan.
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I am Asian, and I drink black tea often! But every morning I have green tea, lunchtime, Oolong, and towards the nighttime, black tea.
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