The Irish province that drinks the most tea has been revealed

They love their tea out west.

Research by the Tesco Community Fund has revealed that tea is more popular in Connacht than any other province in Ireland. A survey conducted this month shows that more than eight in every ten people in Connacht is a tea drinker (82%), compared to 78% in Ulster, 73% in Munster and 73% in Leinster counties outside of Dublin. Hard as it might be to believe in a tea-loving nation such as ours, 35% of those surveyed in the capital confessed to being non-tea drinkers, easily the highest percentage of non-tea drinkers in the country. Overall, seven out of ten Irish people (71%) are tea-drinkers, but people in Connacht drink the most tea per population head, with almost one-third of those surveyed in Connacht drinking up to five cups of tea a day. The research was carried out ahead of Communi-Tea parties being held in Tesco’s 148 stores nationwide this Saturday, 17 September, to celebrate donating nearly €2 million to over 5,000 good causes through the Tesco Community Fund.