Many older people make a daily brew of mountain tea from dried herbs such as sage, thyme, mint, and chamomile, and sweeten it with honey from local bees.

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Everything was so affordable that I gorged on the local salty, bread-like oscypek cheese, eye-wateringly cheap cherry vodka and Polish Mountain Tea (tea with a double shot of spirytus, 190 proof and 95% alcohol).

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Green, black, white, oolong, hundred-year-old Pooair(ph) tea, teas that bloom like flowers in hot water, tea that is picked by monkeys on dangerous mountain cliffs.

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Guests may take part in a morning tai chi session with an instructor, go hunting for antiques in local attics, visit a tea plantation or make a Buddhist pilgrimage up Jizu mountain.

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Simon Lowden, chief marketing officer for PepsiCo's Americas beverages, says the idea for Kickstart came about after the company learned through consumer research that Mountain Dew fans were looking for an alternative to traditional morning drinks such as coffee, tea and juice.

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Green Mountain sells more than 200 varieties of K-Cup portion packs including brands of coffee, tea, hot apple cider, iced teas, hot cocoa and other dairy-based beverages.

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