Packaging of 522 China Chun Mee Organic from SpecialTeas

Black bag with green SpecialTeas logo, reading Chun Mee Organic (No. 522), Gourmet TeasView Full Resolution

Wow, talk about throwback. It's sort of surreal seeing this, now that Teavana is closing. This company was the wholesaler supplier of Teavana; it was bought out by Teavana and then closed, which was in turn bought out by Starbucks, which then closed it.

One thing that bothers me about capitalism is the way companies can destroy other companies by buying them out and then either intentionally closing them to create a monopoly (a vertical monopoly in Teavana's case) or by mismanaging them (as with Starbucks).

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Alex Zorach

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Joined Sep. 1st, 2009.

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