The water footprint of tea
photo credit: Katie@!
I was observing a conversation on Twitter between Pete Quily and Jonathon Narvey on coffee consumption and I was reminded of my blog entry on water footprint and coffee. The sad part (as I am a coffee drinker myself) is that on average, the water footprint calculation yields 140 litres being used for coffee production. Another sad thing is that even for a cup of tea, we still consume 34 litres.
Many thanks to Glenn Gaetz for the link to this article. Very much appreciated. Now, if I could only sway myself away from tea AND coffee!
Related posts:
- National Coffee Day 2011
- Blog Action Day 2010 on October 15th: Focus on water
- Conserving water and the “Largest Water Fight” in Vancouver
- Virtual water: Should drinking coffee make you feel guilty?
- Water footprint: A new tool to examine water scarcity and use
February 9th, 2010 in
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interesting, i never thought about it that way. i don’t drink coffee but i do drink a couple of cups of herbal tea a day.