I don't know how much tea flavor is from terroir. With wine, studies have debunked that concept, much to the chagrin of the French. However, naming food and dri

I don't know how much tea flavor is from terroir. With wine, studies have debunked that concept, much to the chagrin of the French. However, naming food and drink after the region from which it originates is not monopolism, but proper labeling. Calling sparkling wine from California Champagne is false advertising, as is calling tea from Sri Lanka Darjeeling. The name is describes where the product came from. No one is saying you can not make an identical product elsewhere, but don't claim it comes from the place it does not come from. What if people in Romania started producing "California Zinfandel", the Chinese were selling "Texas Black Angus", or a poplar brand of "Milwaukee Cheddar" was made in southern Mexico. I think it would be at best plain weird, and at worst grossly misleading.