{"id":9519,"date":"2015-04-07T21:53:10","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T21:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=9519"},"modified":"2015-10-07T14:04:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T14:04:23","slug":"steven-smith-tea-pioneer-in-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/steven-smith-tea-pioneer-in-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Smith, the Pioneer of Tea Renaissance in USA"},"content":{"rendered":"
References to India\u2019s obsession with tea, an energy-boosting beverage, are found almost everywhere. Do you know that the USA is the world\u2019s second largest importer of tea after Russia? Yes, Americans consume tea four times more today than what they did 20 years before.<\/strong> The Americans welcomed tea as a distinct flavor and accepted it as part of their lifestyle not only because of the changing demographics, caffeine-related health concerns, changing dietary habits, or the tea-loving Asian American community. The man who injected tea into the veins of the coffee-loving American society is Steven Smith<\/span><\/strong>. He took his last breath on March 23 this year in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Indian Eagle<\/span><\/strong><\/span> takes a quick run of some interesting facts about this American pioneer of tea revolution.<\/p>\n