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Summary

Tea connoisseurs wishing to discuss the beverage and its associated culture on Usenet can visit rec.food.drink.tea in their news client and its FAQ at http://pages.ripco.net/~c4ha2na9/tea/faq.html. Discourse among this community of tea fans covers various topics, for example: varieties of tea and individual user's preferences, advice on obtaining rare teas and tea blends, bottled tea, regional teas, health benefits of tea, tea events, teapots, tea shops across the world, caffeine, tea vendors and purchasing tea online. If you are new tea drinker and would like to learn more about tea in general, you will find plenty of answers to relevant questions within the newsgroup and in the FAQ. The FAQ answers questions as simple as "What is tea?" and the community of rec.food.drink.tea is knowledgeable and will likely be more than willing to answer your newcomer (and veteran) questions. Also available throughout the newsgroup and the FAQ are links to websites and periodicals dealing with tea, its sale, preparation, et cetera.