Tea sales in restaurants have decreased, largely due to people saying the tea is not worth their money, or that coffee is better suited to their tastes, despite consumers drinking tea over three times as much as coffee at home. However, this may be remedied by out-of-the-box thinking by tea sellers who will have to compete to keep business up. Many new tea companies are cropping up to compete against big coffee companies.

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