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National Tea Day – Interesting Tea Facts, Ways to Celebrate & More!

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National Tea Day, also known as British Tea Day is a day that falls annually on April 21. This special day is a great opportunity to drink more tea!

This national day was founded in the UK, and actually shares its date with Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday! How neat is that?

Keep reading for creative ways to celebrate this national day, and get a list of fun tea facts!

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How to celebrate National Tea Day

Would you like to celebrate this caffeine filled national day in a special way? Try one of these ideas.

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  • Use today to treat yourself to a new teacup or a new teapot!
  • Find National Tea Day in this free April word search printable of national days.
  • Host a tea-tasting party for all your friends! Have each friend bring their favorite tea.
  • Get a teabook to make it easy to store all of your tea bags.
  • Show your love for tea by wearing a “tea” shirt. 
  • Get an assortment of gourmet teas to enjoy on this day!
  • If you live in the UK, go to a “Fes-Tea-Val”. 
  • Spread the word on social media using the hashtag #NationalTeaDay.

Tea facts

Brush up on your knowledge with these five fun facts about tea. Some may surprise you.

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  • In the UK, there are events called “Fes-Tea-Vals” (a spin on the word festival). These Fes-Tea-Vals consist of tea tastings, and talks about tea, and blending tea.
  • Tea brand, PG Tips sold a tea bag valued at $15,000 that had 280 diamonds on it!
  • Darjeeling tea is like Champagne, it must meet certain qualifications and come from a certain area to be called “Darjeeling”.
  • Black, oolong, green and white tea all come from the same plant, Camellia sinensis.
  • In addition to there being a National Tea Day, the entire month of January is celebrated as Hot Tea Month.
  • There’s also other national days of the year dedicated to more specific types of tea, like National Bubble Tea Day, National Chai Day, National Iced Tea Day, National Cream Tea Day and International Tea Day.

Looking for more tea trivia? We have a whole post dedicated to it! Check out the post with tea facts here.

More April 21 national days

Did you enjoy learning about this national day? Well you’re in luck, April 21 is host to more than just one! 

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Here is a complete list of all the April 21 national days:

  • National Tea Day
  • National Chocolate Covered Cashews Day
  • National Kindergarten Day
  • National Yellow Bat Day
  • Big World Day
  • Bulldogs are Beautiful Day
  • Thank you for Libraries Day
  • Keep off the Grass Day
  • World Creativity and Innovation Day

For more reasons to celebrate this month, be sure to check out this list of April national days and April food holidays.

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