Teapigs, a high-end tea manufacturer, is another company that has come under fire for allegedly hiding its corporate roots.

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His 127-acre farm, where bendy old oaks give way to neat rows of waist-high tea bushes, is the only place in America that produces tea commercially.

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China's biggest state-owned lender by assets, set up a fund for customers to invest in high-end pu'er tea, marketing it as a low-risk investment.

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"It wasn't easy, as in those early days India was considered an exporter of tea and jute, not high-tech services, " he smiles.

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This is time for the second flush - or harvest - of tea in the region, which fetches high prices in European markets.

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Tea Petrovic's "Shoe prototypes" are high-tension architectural structures, cut and wired, that look like Calders for the foot.

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Four high-backed chairs flanked two small coffee tables, as though arranged for a meeting over tea.

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Dewhurst's challenger in the runoff will be tea party favorite Ted Cruz, a former solicitor general with strong support from national groups and high-profile conservative leaders.

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