I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hoʻolauleʻa nā ʻāina āpau e paʻa ana i ke kūlana o nā mea hana kī nui o ka honua ʻO ka lā tī honua (International Day) he lā hoʻomaha no kekahi o nā mea inu kahiko loa a olakino ma ka Honua.
ʻO ke kumu o ka lā e huki i ka manaʻo o nā aupuni a me nā kamaʻāina i nā pilikia o ke kūʻai tī ʻana, ka pilina ma waena o nā kūʻai tī a me ke kūlana o nā limahana tī, nā mea hana liʻiliʻi a me nā mea kūʻai aku. A, ʻoiai, ka hoʻolaha ʻana o kēia inu.
ʻO ka hoʻoholo e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka Lā Tea International ma ka lā 15 o Kēkēmapa i hoʻoholo ʻia ma hope o ke kūkā kamaʻilio pinepine ʻana i nā hui lehulehu a me nā ʻuniona kālepa, i ka wā o ka World Social Forum, i mālama ʻia ma 2004 ma Mumbai (Mumbai, India) a ma 2005 ma Port Allegra (Porte Allegre, Brazil ). Ma kēia lā i lawe ʻia ai ka World Declaration of the Rights of Tea Workers ma 1773.
No laila, hoʻolauleʻa nui ʻia ka Lā Tea International e nā ʻāina nona ka hoʻokele waiwai ka ʻatikala e pili ana i ka hana ʻana o ke kī e noho ai i kekahi o nā wahi nui - India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Uganda, Tanzania.
Kuhi ka kulekele kalepa kūwaho o ka World Trade Organisation e wehe ana nā ʻāina i nā palena i ke kālepa. Ke emi mau nei ke kumukūʻai kūʻai o ke kī i nā ʻāina āpau, me ka maopopo ʻole o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ke kumukūʻai tī.
ʻIke ʻia ka overproduction ma ka ʻoihana ʻoihana, akā kāohi ʻia kēia hanana ke hoʻopili ʻia nā waiwai i nā mana honua. Hiki i nā laikini puni honua ke kūʻai mai i ke kī ma nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa, ʻoiai ke ʻimi nei ka ʻoihana ti i nā wahi āpau ma nā wahi āpau. Hōʻike ia iā ia iho i ka disintegration a me ka hoʻokaʻawale i ka pae kanu kī a me ka hoʻohui ʻana ma ka pae pae.
Manaʻo ʻia ua ʻike ʻia ke kī ma ke ʻano he inu e ka mōʻī ʻelua o Kina, ʻo Shen Nung, ma kahi o 2737 BC, i ka wā i luʻu ai ka mōʻī i nā lau tī i loko o ke kīʻaha wai wela. Hiki paha ke kuhi i kēia manawa ke inu nei mākou i ke kī like a ka Emepera Kina i ʻono ai ma kahi o 5 tausani mau makahiki i hala.
I ka makahiki 400-600 AD. I Kina, ke ulu nei ka hoihoi i ka tī ma ke ʻano he mea inu lāʻau, a no laila ke ulu nei nā kaʻina hana o ke kī. Ma ʻEulopa a me Lūkia, ʻike ʻia ke kī mai ka hapa mua o ke kenekulia 17. A ʻo kekahi o nā hanana kaulana loa o ka mōʻaukala kī o kēia au i hana ʻia i ka makahiki 1773, i ka wā i hoʻolei aku ai nā poʻe kolone ʻAmelika i nā pahu kī i loko o Harbor Harbor e kūʻē i ka ʻauhau tī o UK.
I kēia lā, nui ka poʻe aloha kī, ma waho aʻe o ka "brewing", e hoʻohui i nā mea kanu like ʻole, nā aniani, ka ginger, nā mea ʻala a i ʻole nā ʻāpana ʻalani i kā lākou inu punahele. Hana kekahi poʻe i ke kī me ka waiū… Nui nā ʻāina i kā lākou mau kuʻuna ponoʻī o ka inu kī, akā hoʻokahi mea maʻamau - ke hoʻomau nei ke kī i kekahi o nā mea inu punahele loa ma ka honua.
ʻO ka lā nui, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia he mana, hoʻolauleʻa nui ʻia e kekahi mau ʻāina (akā, ʻo ka mea nui, he mau ʻāina ʻĀkia kēia). I Rūsia, hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ia i kēia manawa ʻaʻole naʻe ma nā wahi āpau - no laila, i nā kūlanakauhale like ʻole, nā hōʻike like ʻole, nā papa haku, nā seminā, nā hoʻolaha hoʻolaha i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ke kumuhana tī a me kāna hoʻohana pololei ʻana i manawa a hiki i kēia lā.