The problem has in part arisen because of the Nepalese ambition to boost its tea production.
Tea production took off in Sri Lanka in the late 1800s after disease devastated the country's coffee plantations.
But although tea production in America is minuscule, consumption is booming.
There are over 30 Assam and Chinese varieties (as well as a wide range of herbal teas), and tea production follows the time-honoured system of hand plucking the bushes.
Educated at Harvard University, Kerr received critical acclaim for his portrayal of a sensitive school boy who was bullied for being a suspected homosexual in Elia Kazan's 1953 Broadway production of Tea and Sympathy.
Not everyone thinks kombucha kegs and the mass commercial production of the tea is a good idea.
Calabria remains the epicenter of production, and the cosmetics and tea industries are the primary customers.
Kerr was perhaps best known for his role in the 1953 Broadway production of Robert Anderson's Tea And Sympathy, for which he won a Tony Award.
Mighty Leaf spends 20 cents on an average tea bag--the couple contracts out the production of the bags.
Cheer up the old folks with a cup of tea, invent the cure for cancer, soak up that excessive production of beer, grow vegetables, whatever.
India is the world's largest tea producer, with Assam accounting for about 55% of its 856m kilogram production last year.
Yet, there is opposition, particularly from Tea Party affiliated members of Congress, who oppose all federal investments in energy production.
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