"They are the largest consumer of fish in the world and of whole soy and of seaweed and green tea.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

That's the Fairtrade Foundation's idea behind this "tea dance" - letting people know they can choose products that will make a difference half a world away.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

"Here in Britain, we drink a lot of tea, but only one in ten cups are fair-trade, which means we're paying a fair price to the tea growers in the developing world."

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

American tea-meisters now travel the world seeking the best-nurtured, hand-harvested, pesticide-free leaves of the tea plant.

NPR: Tea for You and Me

India is the world's largest tea producer, with Assam accounting for about 55% of its 856m kilogram production last year.

BBC: NEWS | South Asia | Strike halts Assam tea production

Note the reference to tea: it has an entirely different place in the English mythorama, our view of how the world should be, to the place that tea, with its parties and Boston Harbour, has in the American.

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