{"id":34327,"date":"2014-12-08T15:04:37","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T20:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=34327"},"modified":"2014-12-08T15:11:53","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T20:11:53","slug":"uncommon-knowledge-tea-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2014\/uncommon-knowledge-tea-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Knowledge: How much is all the tea in China?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/imperial-tea-gift-set?source=blog\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-33879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-shot-2014-11-21-at-5.02.08-PM-548x510.png\" alt=\"Imperial Tea Gift Set | UncommonGoods\" width=\"548\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-shot-2014-11-21-at-5.02.08-PM-548x510.png 548w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-shot-2014-11-21-at-5.02.08-PM-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-shot-2014-11-21-at-5.02.08-PM.png 635w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot for all the tea in China!\u201d It\u2019s an oldie but a goodie, but how old is it, and just how much in goods does it represent? The colorful metaphor for \u201cnever ever\u201d hails from the late 19th or early 20th century. The earliest reference may lie in J. J. Mann&#8217;s 1914 travelogue Round the World in a Motor Car, though the book may be referencing an earlier colloquialism. In any case, understanding the phrase requires being steeped in a modicum of geography and global economics. Simply put, China is a big country that produces a lot of tea, so all of that production would equal a small fortune. To turn down such a slice of the Chinese GDP underscores the magnitude of the rejection. But have you ever wondered how much we\u2019re talking dollar-wise? China\u2019s total tea production in 2013 was worth roughly 17.5 billion dollars. That\u2019s billion with a B. Still sure you want to turn that down? Maybe you should consult the tea leaves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/imperial-tea-gift-set?source=blog\" target=\"_blank\">Imperial Tea Gift Set, $125<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might want to think twice before turning away those tea leaves!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":34328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1208],"tags":[813],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34327"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}