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Canadian specialty tea industry is heating up
A goddess of mercy once led a poor farmer to a single tea shoot. With the budding plant, he prospered through the creation of flowery oolong tea—at least according to the website of mass specialty tea producer David’s Tea. Their version of this godsent blend is “hand-produced on a small family garden near the Wuyi…
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Will students say ‘cheers’ to local craft beers?
Dan Chick has trekked through a snowstorm for a beer. Not just any beer, though. A double chocolate cherry stout that goes down “like velvet,” says the 21-year-old Western University accounting student as he takes another sip, eddies of snow swirling outside the window. The streets are empty as cars stay off the slick roads,…
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Potato chips give new meaning to greeting cards
It started with a bag of potato chips. Four years ago, Michelle Roberts, 24, began collecting empty chip bags wherever she could find them. From Ruffles to Doritos and Humpty Dumpty to Lays, Roberts envisioned creating a stylish clutch purse from discarded bags. “I went to a party last week and thank God they had…
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