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India Update: Coca-Cola India Launches Honest Tea | Patanjali Ayurved Promotes Assam Tea | Two of 19 Shuttered Dooars Tea Gardens Reopen
India Update: Coca-Cola India Launches Honest Tea | Patanjali Ayurved Promotes Assam Tea | Two of 19 Shuttered Dooars Tea Gardens Reopen | Episode 145 |
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How to Entice the Passing Crowd
Paper & Tea’s lofty ceilings and large windows have a captivating effect on passersby attracted to their brightly lit interiors, colorful displays, and a wide variety of fine teas to sample. Eduardo Molina, Head of Tea Experience at P&T, explains, “Our main idea, when somebody steps into one of our stores, is for customers to…
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India Update: Taj Mahal Tea Enters Guinness Book for New Billboard | Manipur Start-up Seeks to Replace Poppy with Tea
India Update: Taj Mahal Tea enters Guinness Book for New Billboard | Manipur start-up Seeks to Replace Poppy with Tea
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Holiday Shoppers Lose Confidence | Tanzania Debuts Digital Tea Auction in Dar es Salaam | Tea Barter: Egypt Offers Kenya a Blank Check
Holiday Consumers Lose Confidence Before Black Friday Sales Begin | YouGov Survey of American Shoppers Finds 52% Won’t Shop on Black Friday | Tanzania Debuts Digital Tea Auction in Dar es Salaam | Tea Barter: Cash Short Egypt Offers Kenya a Blank Check | PLUS Tanzania is the third-largest tea producer in Africa. Smallholders there…
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Holiday Shoppers Lose Confidence | Tanzania Debuts Digital Tea Auction in Dar es Salaam | Tea Barter: Egypt Offers Kenya a Blank Check
Holiday Consumers Lose Confidence Before Black Friday Sales Begin | YouGov Survey of American Shoppers Finds 52% Won’t Shop on Black Friday | Tanzania Debuts Digital Tea Auction in Dar es Salaam | Tea Barter: Cash Short Egypt Offers Kenya a Blank Check | PLUS Tanzania is the third-largest tea producer in Africa. Smallholders there…
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Tea Sustainability Perspectives
Jason Walker, Marketing Director at Firsd Tea in New Jersey and one of the architects of the newly released Chinese Sustainability Perspectives report, joins Tea Biz for an in-depth discussion of the results of this ongoing survey.
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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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A Stake for Every Stakeholder in Tea
We changed one word in our charter to include every farmer supplying even a kilo of leaf to us. We decided that as a Public Benefit Corporation we are not only responsible for creating value for company shareholders but will also create value for all stakeholders. One percent of our top-line revenue goes directly to…
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Sri Lanka Tea Sector Opposes Doubling Corporate Tax Rate
Sri Lanka’s Tea Sector Opposes Doubling Corporate Tax | IMF bailout forces the bankrupt government to collect more revenue | Vietnamese Tea Exports Experience Slow Decline | Kenya to Expand its Orthodox Tea Capability | Joydeep Phukan, the Principal Officer and Secretary of India’s Tea Research Association discusses unified agricultural standards for tea fields and…
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Kenya Ups its Investment in High Value Tea
Kenya is investing millions in its tea sector to generate jobs and boost foreign exchange. Soon after taking office President William Ruto announced a new processing and packaging facility to be built in Mombasa and directed the Ministry of Trade to increase exports of value-added tea from 5% to 50% during the next five years.
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AVPA Names Teas of the World Winners
AVPA Announces Teas of the World Contest Winners | India Lifts Tea Blending Ban | Low Green Leaf Prices Distress Assam Smallholders | PLUS Nishchal Banskota, founder of the Nepal Tea Collective, shares his vision of a public benefit corporation that shifts the focus to creating value for every stakeholder in tea – not just…
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Dietary Recommendation for Flavanols Found in Tea
Colombo Tea Prices Reach an All-Time High | India Rolls Out a Digital Retail Network for Small Grocers | PLUS Tea growers in Kumaon, India turn to Young Mountain Tea founder Raj Vabel to finance construction of a farmer-owned tea processing facility.
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Kenya to Invest in National Tea Brand
Kenyan President William Ruto announced a new public-private tea processing and packaging facility in Dongo Kundu, Mombasa | Euromonitor Report Advises Retailers to Target Customers by Type | Lipton to Launch a Hard Tea Brand in 2023 | PLUS Peris Mudida, CEO of the newly re-established Kenya Tea Board in Nairobi, shares her vision and…
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Per Capita Tea Consumption Rises to 800 Grams
Tea Consumption Rising Globally | In London, the International Tea Committee revises the per capita benchmark globally to an average of 800 grams, noting a 113% increase in tea consumption during the past 20 years | Parcel Carriers Hike Rates as Delivery Demand Declines | Tea Drinkers Experience Lower Risk of Diabetes | PLUS Meet…
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TAZO Adopts Regenerative Business Approach
“Sustainability: it’s great in theory, but things like recycling and composting only get us so far in helping the earth. We should (and can) do a lot more. Going regenerative means improving every aspect of TAZO’s business: from how we make our tea to ensuring that our farming partners get the fair wages and treatment…
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FAO Report: Sustainable Ag Stalled
FAO Report: Progress Toward Sustainable Agriculture has Stalled in Many Regions | Tea Relief for Pakistan | MK Shah Exports vs Outsider in Bidding Contest for McLeod Russel India | PLUS Jami Lewchik, head of TAZO sustainability initiatives in the US, discusses TAZO’s long-term ambition to transform its products and the brand’s entire business operations…
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Q|A Roshan Rajadurai
Dr. Roshan Rajadurai, the Managing Director of Hayleys’ Plantations, left, discusses with Tea Biz correspondent and PMD Tea MD Dananjaya Silva how organizational discipline and adaptations enabled tea production to continue during the pandemic and recent economic hardships.
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Stubborn Inflation Nudges US Economy Toward Cliff
Tea brands brace for a downturn as core inflation remains high, undermining consumer confidence | Starbucks Announces a Retail Renaissance | Orthodox Tea Exports Fall Short of Demand | PLUS Hayleys MD Roshan Rajadurai discusses how Sri Lankan plantations adapted and continue to produce tea during the country’s worst economic crisis.
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There’s Ample Tea for Sanctioned Russians
Domestic Tea Brands Close the Gap: Six months after the US and EU imposed sanctions, the tea aisles in Russian grocery stores display few European brands, but the shelves are not bare | Kenya’s Tea Industry Suffers Collateral Damage Due to Sanctions | Tata Consumer Products is on the Hunt | PLUS A conversation with…
