Maxim Voronov wrote:
> As far as teas, I believe it's a similar situation. And I
> don't think it's exclusive to India. The In Pursuit of Tea
> folks report the dire conditions in many areas of China, where
> farmers simply abandon their farms and move to cities, because
> they can no longer survive with the kind of income they are
> getting from the tea business.

There are no tea peasants in Japan. And since I drink mostly
Japanese, I don't have to take my tea with lumps of guilt.

--crymad