All men, they met in tea shops and came up with a manifesto, which they photocopied and passed around the neighborhood.

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There are colourfully decorated rickshaws around every bend, tea shops on every block and kids playing cricket wherever they eek out the space.

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So do its hotels, tea shops, pizza restaurants and bars.

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It's far from the only place to find traditional bites: Dim sum is served in upscale hotels and back-alley tea shops, in tourist traps overlooking the harbor and the basements of shopping malls.

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And Chai is a chain of tea and coffee shops with a few locations in the city.

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There are 197 of these shops at a mall near you, selling loose tea and teapots.

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Wander along the main thoroughfare with people from all over the world, through clouds of scented tobacco smoke, past tacky souvenir shops for tourists that trade right next to bulk foodstuff shops for locals, and stop at a random cafe table for a spot of sweet black tea and people watching.

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Shoppers could spend a fortune on the finest shade-grown green tea from Fukuoka and seasonally-themed wagashi (traditional Japanese sweets), or simply roam the maze of shops for a feast of the visual variety.

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