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writes:

> Sandstone wrote:
> > Spotted the following in a USA Today article
> >
> > Susanne M. Henning UCLA researcher and colleagues tested 20 tea
> brands
> > and found antioxidant variations were great. The top 10 of these teas
> > were <snip>
>
>
> When the box says "green tea", what kind of green tea is it?

There's no way to know, but you can assume the packer got it fairly
cheaply.

> I've always wondered about that. I've tried plenty of ready-made
> green tea in a can or bottle and they differ in taste.

If you want a predictable taste, you need to know what kind of tea it
is, and honestly, that only *reduces* the variation.

/Lew
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