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April 27, 2012

America’s Taste for Tea Turns to Japan

The East India Company tea tossed overboard in Boston Harbor was all grown in China. But a century later, America’s tea of choice originated in Japan. This interesting turn-of-events would never have come about had it not been for the whaling industry. Commodore Perry’s “Black Ships” opened the Japanese port of Yokohama in 1859 for the [...]

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America’s Taste for Tea Turns to Japan