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Understand The Tea Industry
“Make better business decisions using our sophisticated market analysis.”
Dan Bolton Editor and Producer, Tea Journey And Tea Biz
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Badulla Tea Harvest Blessing
Accompanied by drummers and dancers, planters and tea pluckers in Sri Lanka’s Uva Province, paraded through the city streets of Badulla to the ancient Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara Temple courtyard, where a Buddhist monk blessed their first harvest tea.
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Receding La Niña to Boost Summer Temps
China is again experiencing record-breaking heat early in the crop cycle, impacting Yunnan and several other tea-growing provinces. The country has experienced several heat waves since March, with Yunnan in Southwestern China recording 40 Celsius highs. Northern provinces Jinan and Tianjin are seeing temperatures soar to 37C (about 98 degrees Fahrenheit).
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International Tea Day Makes a Big Splash
A Billion People Participate in Earth Day Activities | Earth Day Organizers Honor Just Ice Tea Founder Seth Goldman | Iran Snubs India Suppliers as Tea Exports Set Record | Long-Running Drought in Kenya Depresses Tea Yields | Vahdam Launches Spice Line
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Catchy TV Campaign Launches Lipton Hard Tea
This week, Lipton unveiled a trio of television and web commercials that state the obvious. The top-selling non-alcoholic tea brand recently launched a fresh-brewed line with 5% ABV (alcohol by volume). The new hard tea is blended with a triple-filtered malt base in four versions, replicating its best-selling flavored iced tea.
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A Taste of the Wild
The trees at Warnagala Tea Estate, established in 1890 by Scottish planters, today rise 40 to 50 feet into the rainforest canopy on the slopes of the sacred Sri Pada Mountain range. Pluckers climb into the trees to retrieve green leaves for tea making Forest Hill teas.
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International Tea Day Makes a Splash
Tea associations, governments, and brands join in the May 21 tribute to a global tea industry that has increased production from 4.3 to 6.5 billion kilos in the past decade, enabling tea drinkers to enjoy 8.2 billion cups a day.
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Future-Proof Your Tea Business
“Use the right information to make wise long-term tea trading decisions.”
Dan Bolton Editor and Producer, Tea Journey and Tea Biz
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Eugene Tea Festival
The inaugural Eugene Tea Festival is Sunday, May 21 at the Farmers Market Pavilion and Plaza in downtown Eugene, Ore. The event is sponsored by the City of Eugene Cultural Services Downtown Program Fund
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Global Tea Forum Makes a Splendid Return
A Billion People Participate in Earth Day Activities | Earth Day Organizers Honor Just Ice Tea Founder Seth Goldman | Iran Snubs India Suppliers as Tea Exports Set Record | Long-Running Drought in Kenya Depresses Tea Yields | Vahdam Launches Spice Line
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A Billion People Support Earth Day
A Billion People Participate in Earth Day Activities | Earth Day Organizers Honor Just Ice Tea Founder Seth Goldman | Iran Snubs India Suppliers as Tea Exports Set Record | Long-Running Drought in Kenya Depresses Tea Yields | Vahdam Launches Spice Line
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Spice and Tea Synergy
Vahdam Tea founder Bala Sarda is launching a new line of 25 Indian spices grown free of adulterants and pesticides and manufactured without artificial colors. Initially, Vahdam spices will be sold directly to consumers and later offered in grocery stores.
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Driving Growth Through Intent-Based Advertising and Experiential Retail
The tea industry has seen significant growth over the past few years. More consumers are looking for unique and high-quality tea products. Tea business owners must create a customer-centric approach (Gascoyne, 2023). Such an approach requires understanding consumer intent (Bailey, 2023). Combining intent-based advertising and experiential retail can fuel growth for your tea brand. We […]
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How Technology Helps Build a Successful Teashop – Whether Starting Out or 5 Years In
Running a teahouse involves support systems that weren’t there even 10 years ago. Today, systems are better integrated to talk to each other or export reports to use in spreadsheets for analysis. Inventory in the point of sale (POS) system integrating with your online website is super helpful. There were several presentations at the World […]
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Unpacking the Future of Tea
Saeed Al Suwaidi, Director of Agri Commodities at DMCC and a respected executive and technologist, shares his perspective on some of the issues to be addressed during the DMCC Global Tea Forum April 25-27.
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World Tea Expo Announces Tea Tycoon Competitors and “Best of Award” Finalists
Tea Tycoon Competitors Announced | Teaware Manufacturers Adopt Consumer to Manufacturer (C2M) Business Model Pioneered by Fast-Fashion | Study Suggests an EGCG-based Therapy for Treating Alzheimer’s | PLUS Entrepreneurs Three-Minute Meditation with Tea | Episode 107 |
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Pakistan’s Economic Crisis Threatens Mombasa-based Tea Trade
Pakistan offers to barter rice to resolve tea import impasse that has stranded 300 containers at Karachi Port | Asahi Launches SOU, its First New Tea Brand in Decades | Tatcha Unveils Virtual Forest Bathing and Meditation Experience | PLUS Tea Processing Reimagined: Extruded Tea | Episode 106 |
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Logistics Companies Invest to Right the Ship
Logistics Companies Invest to Right the Ship | Newly Elected KTDA Board Ousts Executives | Hain Celestial Streamlines Tea Selections | PLUS Alicia Gentili on the challenges of establishing a new tea garden in the English Channel and Dorje Tea targets India’s domestic market in an attempt to revive Darjeeling’s Selim Hill | Episode 25 |
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Tonnes of Tea Stranded in Karachi
Pakistan Offers to Barter Rice to Resolve Tea Import Impasse Containers of tea from Africa have been piling up at the port of Karachi since December, with more on the way. Ships are unloading briskly for the first time in months, but the government needs $1 billion immediately and $8.5 billion to pay its fuel […]
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Tea Processing Reimagined: Extruded Tea
Tea manufacturing has a rich history and 150-year tradition, but must embrace a new approach to stay relevant and competitive. Since the 1960s innovation has been limited to the development of machines that deliver economic efficiency, packaging, convenient formats, and flavors. It is time to explore new processing techniques.