This statistic displays preferences for different types of tea in the United Kingdom in 2016, by social class.Class differences are less apparent with black tea, consumed by 48 percent of classes ABC1 and 52 percent of classes C2DE respectively. Specialty bags, however, are only consumed by 34 percent of respondents from the C2DE grouping but by 66 percent of ABC1.
Types of tea consumed in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016, by social class
Characteristic
ABC1
C2DE
Black tea
48%
52%
Fruit and herbal tea
63%
37%
Specialty bags
66%
34%
Green bags
59%
41%
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents48%48%63%63%66%66%59%59%52%52%37%37%34%34%41%41%ABC1C2DEBlack teaFruit and herbal teaSpecialty bagsGreen bags
0%25%50%75%100%125%
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