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Podcast: Nudge
Episode: How this fraudster sold fake Scottish tea to the rich & famous
Description: In 2015, the media became obsessed with one man’s attempts to grow tea in the Scottish Highlands.Â
The BBC profiled him on the One Show. Radio reporters flocked to interview him. Even the Chinese national news agency reported his work.Â
Tam O’Braan (as he was then known) was the first to ever sell Scottish tea, and the press went wild.Â
Fornum and Mason bought his leaves. The Dorchester created a new Scottish tea-tasting menu. Barack Obama reportedly tried his tea, and the Queen loved it.
Tam’s business started bringing in hundre...