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Anytime is for tea, in every flavour

The tea aisle in the supermarket has truly become a place of fantasy. It is nothing like the days of yore when Camellia sinensis, the good old chai that grew in our highland zones, ruled.

Remember when the most exciting a cuppa could get was if one added ground ginger, mixed spice or, later, tea masala to the pot brewing on the stove?

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