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6/26/2025, 11:38:09 PM
>In addition to the usual beverage regulations aimed at ensuring proper storage and safe handling, imported tea was required for decades to pass a literal taste test before it could be sold in the United States. The task fell to a group of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) appointees, who would gather annually in a converted Navy warehouse in Brooklyn to smell, slosh, sip, and spit the various oolongs, greens, and Earl Greys that tea merchants sought to sell to Americans.
>This was the federal Board of Tea Experts. It was officially terminated on September 19, 2023.
This was NOT ok
>This was the federal Board of Tea Experts. It was officially terminated on September 19, 2023.
This was NOT ok
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