January 12·Every year

National Hot Tea Day

Tea is the second most consumed beverage on earth after water. Britain drinks roughly 100 million cups a day, yet per-capita consumption in Turkey, Iran, and Morocco outpaces the UK. On January 12th, everyone's claim to the ritual is equally valid.

Category: Drink
Observed in: United KingdomJapanIndiaChinaTurkey

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Notable · 2010

Iranian physicist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi was assassinated while leaving his home for the University of Tehran, where he was a professor.

2020Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupts and kills 39 people.
2016Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
2015Government raids kill 143 Boko Haram fighters in Kolofata, Cameroon.