Pecan Pastry Green Tea (Loose) (8 oz, ZIN: 518395): Did you know that the Pecan tree is the only major naturally occurring nut bearing tree in North America? It’s a fact. It’s also a fact that the native populations of North America adored Pecans and were the first people to cultivate the trees for personal consumption sometime during the 16th century. In fact, the name pecan comes from an Algonquin word that means “nut that needs a stone to crack.” It is also a fact that after Europeans arrived in North America, in particular the French to New Orleans, that Pecans became a hot commodity in international trade. In fact, one of the first recorded incidents of Pecan exportation occurred in 1802 when the French sent a shipment from New Orleans to the West Indies. Another accepted fact is that these same French-folk were the first to bake Pecans into freshly layered pastry thus creating Pecan pie. Indeed these are all accepted Pecan facts. That Pecans have magical powers is not. That said,