Misc: Which comic strip character's owner is named Jon Arbuckle?

Questions

Stephen King: Where the good guys settle in The Stand? (city state)?

Tea: Better teabags contain these small particles sifted out of better teas?

Tea: In this country, tea leaves are pickled and used as a vegetable relish?

Tea: The first sprouting of Darjeeling tea leaves in the spring are called this?

Tea: The practice of steeping tea was developed during this Chinese dynasty?