Two trends about tea consumption and selling Tea is a popular beverage in the world. Tea accounts for 36 percentages of global hot drink markets. In some places like Asia-Pacific, tea even take up 67 percentages of the whole market value. European countries, like England, are also fond of tea. As the middle class in the world is increasing, demand for tea will also increase. Nowadays, there are two important trends about tea that tea merchants and tea companies should take note of. First, Chinese people are more and more likely to drink in western-culture coffee houses. Second, many coffee selling shops tend to add tea into their menu. In China, drinking coffee is becoming more and more popular among people and the coffee houses are now very common to see. Chinese people, especially young one, like to sit at coffee house and drink coffee for a whole afternoon because that will make them feel good about themselves: buying a cup of expensive coffee makes them feel they are wealthy (Anber, 2013). Other than this, drinking coffee in coffee house also represents a modern life style as Henning said coffee house is “a necessary site for men and women sporting a modern lifestyle and a means of personal expression and distinction”. In addition, Anber remarks that Chinese are fond of western culture and value the association that coffee has with western countries. Last but not least, the service in coffee bars is good. The waiters in coffee houses all have been trained before and its’ environment is relaxing and comfortable. These reasons all contributes to the prosperity of coffee houses in China. As a representative, Starbucks has opened 1500 coffee shops and plan to increase this number to 3400 in 2019. And in the future, Chinese people will become more and more wealth so the consumption for coffee will still growing and drinking coffee will become a culture