LONG ISLAND LOVE

*******FLAVORED GREEN TEA*******      CUP CHARACTERISTICS: Flavory, summer sweet strawberry and papaya pieces round out an exceptionally smooth green tea.       INGREDIENTS: Green tea, Papaya + Strawberry pieces       INGREDIENTS FROM: India / China / Thailand       ANTIOXIDANT LEVEL: High        CAFFEINE LEVEL: Low              INFORMATION:         Long Island has been famous for its strawberries for as long as people have lived there. Local history books describe people going on picnics and nature hikes to pick the wild berries as far back as the 1850's - and that's only recorded history. Archaeological records show that the Native Americans who inhabited Long Island centuries ago were also fond of the sweet summertime fruit.             After the Civil War, commercial farming on Long Island began to develop rapidly. Among the new cash crops was the wild strawberry. It didn't hurt that the local farms were generally within a day's drive of New York City. Farmers began hauling their p