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Space 12/5/05

> Any well stocked ethnic store will carry penny/gram tea. That's what
> the rest of the world only can afford. The British might indulge a
> little more at 2cents/gram and the Japanese simply don't produce enough
> and believe in trade tariffs.
>
> Jim
>
> stePH wrote:
>> Space Cowboy wrote:
>>> When I spend more than a
>>> penny/gram for tea then I'm simply indulging myself.
>>
>> Anything that costs more than twenty-eight cents an ounce is an
>> indulgence?
>> You must tell me where you buy your tea so cheaply, and just what you
>> get for the money.

With a nod of approval toward those poor folk who serve hot water from a
kettle under the name of white tea, and for whom any tea would be an
indulgence, let us take a moment to appreciate the dynamic relative aspects
of value and price. It's more often than not the company in which we drink
that counts.

Michael

Michael