Tea sizing?

Mountains of Tea

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October 6th 2013
Mountains of Tea: When I was growing up in Massachusetts, I remember learning the song "I'm a little teapot short and stout, here is my handle, here is my spout..." and performing the actions to it. But it clearly didn't make much of an impression on me--I guess it seemed a quaint Alice-in-Wonderland sort of device. The only tea I knew was the Lipton's teabag we put in Mum's cup ... read more

Asia » Sri Lanka » Central Province » Kandy

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The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa... ... read more