Our roasted manoomincha honors Asian peoples, like the Korean, Japanese, and Chinese, who roast barley and create boricha or mugicha. They were our inspiration. Our teas fuse the east with the west, western Indigenous peoples with Indigenous peoples from the east. – Marc Bohémier
From the start of the colonial period in the Americas in the 16th century, commercialization attempts were made to position yerba matte, yaupon, and guayusa as caffeinated drinks that could compete on the world stage with coffee and tea.
The Global Tea Initiative Colloquium was hosted by the University of California, Davis on Jan. 13, 2022 | This year’s topic is Tea and Beyond: Bridging Science and Culture, Time and Space. Tea Biz brings you a recap of the keynote address on “The Popularization of Food as Medicine and Its Impact on Tea” presented by Dr. Nada Milosavljevic.