Mideast crisis takes tea toll

LONDON The price of tea has been hit by the Persian Gulf crisis.The UN embargo against tea-drinking Iraq has helped push it down totwo-year lows.

Other factors behind the fall include rising world output, lowerpurchases by the Soviet Union and hot weather in Britain, wherepeople have forsaken tea for cold drinks. Iced tea, while popular inAmerica, has never taken hold in Britain.

The average price at last week's London …