I Nowemapa 2019, ua hala ka 74th Session o ka United Nations General Assembly a koho ʻia ʻo Mei 21 ʻo ia ka "International Tea Day" i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Mai ia manawa, he ʻahaʻaina ko ka honua i nā mea aloha kī.

He lau liʻiliʻi kēia, ʻaʻole he lau liʻiliʻi wale nō. Ua ʻike ʻia ke kī ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea inu olakino ʻekolu ma ka honua. ʻOi aku ma mua o 3 biliona poʻe a puni ka honua e makemake e inu kī, ʻo ia hoʻi he 2 o 5 mau kānaka e inu i ke kī. ʻO nā ʻāina makemake nui i ke kī ʻo Turkey, Libya, Morocco, Ireland, a me United Kingdom. Aia ma mua o 60 mau ʻāina i ka honua e hana ana i ke kī, a ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kī ma mua o 6 miliona mau tona. ʻO Kina, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, a me Turkey nā ʻāina hana kī ʻelima kiʻekiʻe ma ka honua. Me ka heluna kanaka o 7.9 biliona, ʻoi aku ma mua o 1 biliona poʻe e hana nei i ka hana pili i ke kī. ʻO ke kī ka mea nui o ka mahiʻai ma kekahi mau ʻāina ʻilihune a ʻo ke kumu nui o ka loaʻa kālā.

ʻO Kina ke kumu o ke kī, a ʻike ʻia ke kī Kina e ka honua ʻo "Oriental Mysterious Leaf". I kēia lā, ke neʻe nei kēia "Eastern God Leaf" i ke kahua honua ma kahi kūlana nani.

Ma Mei 21, 2020, hoʻolauleʻa mākou i ka lā kīʻaha mua loa.