Starbucks (SBUX) was forced to announce its plans to acquire Teavana (TEA) a little early as news was leaked to the market ahead of the intended after-the-bell release. Before trading was halted ahead of the confirmation, TEA jumped from an all-time low earlier Wednesday to $13.04, up 29% on the day but well below the $15.50 SBUX has agreed to pay. The $620M deal shows SBUX's big guns to investors who were wondering what the company's plans in the tea space would be--following a prior announcement to expand its Tazo Tea operations to their own retail stores. Meanwhile, TEA's 300 stores are far overshadowed by SBUX's nearly 11K coffee shops in the US alone. SBUX is now down 1.9% at $49.34.