The teapoy, derived from the Hindi/Persian phrase denoting a three-footed table, supported a tea set or tea-related objects. Not all teapoys were tripod-like tables or sold singly. The Carneses imported lacquer teapoys in sets. These sets could be easily stacked in a corner of the drawing room and brought out at teatime to hold a teacup, a set, or a caddy. The Carneses purchased lacquered teapoys sets for four dollars in China and probably sold them for twice that amount in America.

Far away, on the stony garrigues by the fading light of the harvest moon one could hear the musical calling of wolves.

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Vincent Wu, a manager at Singtex Industrial Co, smells a roll of fabric created partly from coffee grounds at the company’s headquarters in Wuku, an industrial park in New Taipei City.