Argentina

While coffee is the most popular hot beverage in South America, tea has developed a strong fan base in Argentina due to the country's large tea production.

Argentina is a South American country. Argentina stretches across a wide latitude range, with climates ranging from subpolar in the south to subtropical in the north. Its climate also varies according to its topography; in general, mountains border the west of the country, while the east is flatter.

Argentina is one of the world's top producers of tea, despite the fact that only a small portion of the country is suitable for growing it. The majority of the tea in the nation is grown in the northeast, in the cities of Misiones and Corrientes. These regions have a warm, subtropical climate with abundant rainfall that is perfect for growing tea. The strange connection is that tea is also grown in the neighboring province of Formosa. Taiwan, which is also known as "Formosa" in the tea world, is located on the opposite side of the globe from Formosa and is considered to be its geographic antipode.

Tea was first introduced in the 1920s as a result of a crop experiment that the Argentinean government insisted on. The most popular and locally produced tea in the nation is yerba mate. The majority of the tea produced here is exported as a foreign exchange to nations like the United States, the United Kingdom, and other European nations.