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Plants explained

December 24, 2009

There was a nice article in the NY Times today about plants and why they are so special. I found it great because it talks about plant functions and self-dense systems. AND tea is a reflection of those functions tweaked by humans. So it explains why tea taste so good.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/science/22angi.html
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Mike Harney

Michael Harney has been the tea buyer and blender of Harney & Sons for twenty years. He travels to Asia and meets with tea producers from all the major tea countries, looking for the season's best teas. A graduate of Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration, he lives with his wife and their three sons in Salisbury, Connecticut.

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