The line graph compares the numbers of people who drank tea and coffee between 2000 and 2020.
Overall, tea consumption experienced a substantial upward trend throughout the period, whereas the number of people drinking coffee declined steadily. Notably, tea overtook coffee in terms of the number of consumers during the period.
In 2000, the number of tea drinkers stood at 20, compared with 40 for coffee. The figure for tea then rose steadily, reaching 30 in 2005 and 45 in 2010. It continued to increase over the following five years, reaching 55 in 2015, before peaking at 70 in 2020.
By contrast, coffee consumption followed the opposite pattern. Starting at 40 in 2000, the figure fell gradually to 35 in 2005 and 30 in 2010. It subsequently declined to 25 in 2015 and reached a low of just 20 by 2020.
