by Heidi Kyser 

With little domestic production of tea, the North American tea business has a better-than-average grasp of globalization built in. Maybe that’s why so many tea shop owners and other retailers are interested in caring for the planet, as shown by their increasing interest in organic and fair trade products. Some believe the next frontier in this movement will be direct work with the estates in countries where tea originates, or “origin,” as industry shorthand has it.

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