In the study, tea drinkers who enjoyed more than five cups a day were shown to have more focus and a sustained attention span. Black tea is the most commonly consumed tea and accounts for 76–78 per cent of world tea consumption. The UK is ranked 3rd in the world for tea consumption per capita after Turkey and Ireland. They found that higher tea consumption was associated with significantly better attention skills and psychomotor speed on complex tasks. But they found no association between tea consumption and overall measures of memory or performance on simple speed tasks.

Source: Daily Mail December 29, 2020 10:41 UTC