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Story Update: According to The Washington Post, in 2020, D.C. police put out the following statement in regards to the stories listed below:

“After exhausting all investigative avenues, the U.S. Attorney’s Office found that there was insufficient probable cause to establish that an offense occurred or to make an arrest.”

Did matcha start trending at the worst possible time for DC teahouses?

When you walk into the Teaism teahouse in Penn Quarter, the frantic energy of the downtown D.C. neighborhood melts away on a floral breeze. Hundreds of pounds of dried tea line the walls in decorative boxes, and for Lela Singh, daughter of co-founder Michelle Brown and manager of the Teaism Shop, it has become a kind of second home.
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