Even though the climate is suitable, tea-growing is simply too costly, since the process is labour-intensive and resists automation.

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Maybe the problem here is that the Tea Party freshman class in the House simply does not yet understand the legislative process and how things actually get done in Washington.

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"The tea bag water filter technology sounds good especially from the point of it being one step process, with out having to do any mixing, " said Nega Bazezew Legesse of Oxfam.

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