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Dan Bolton, Editor and Producer, Tea Journey And Tea Biz
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CVC May Sell Kericho Tea Estates | Dunkin’ Launches Hard Iced Tea and Coffee
CVC Capital Partners Exploring Sale of Kericho Tea Gardens: Unilever Brands Not for Sale | Dunkin’ Will Soon Begin Selling Hard Tea at Select US Locations in 12 States | A Study Using UK Biobank Data Shows Tea Flavonoids May Lower the Risk of Gout | PLUS Phil Rushworth loves adventure camping, canoeing, climbing, and…
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JDE Peet’s Will Withdraw Global Tea and Coffee Brands from Russian Market
Sustainable Practices are Correlated to Brand Loyalty: Age and income influence consumer loyalty, healthy brand attributes help | JDE Peet’s Will Halt Sales of its Best-Known Tea and Coffee Brands in Russia | The UN Global Peace Council Honors WomenServe Founder Nioma Narissa Sadler | PLUS | The recently concluded International Plantations Sustainability Summit hosted…
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Trustea Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Kenya’s KTDA Chair Resigns Following Tea Reforms Conference | David Ichoho later Withdrew a Lawsuit Alleging His Resignation was Forced | Nestle Announces Cost-Effective Sugar Reduction Technology | AriZona Unveils a Hard Iced Tea – Monster is next | PLUS Trustea was launched in 2013 by tea industry stakeholders, and producers determined to elevate the…
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India’s Holistic Tea Sustainability Code
Since its was founded a decade ago India’s trustea sustainability code has expanded to 65% of domestic tea production covering the supply chain from the fields where the tea is picked up through manufacturing and the dispatch from the factory. “We look at sustainability in a holistic way, we think that environment, livelihood, and safety…
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TeaFit: Unsweetened Iced Tea and Herbal Goodness
There are many herbal recipes from our own Ayurveda. We selected tea as a base to make the blends flavorful and light on the palate and not douse everything with loud flavor and sugar. So that’s where it came from, a very personal place, but I’m glad it found resonance in the larger customer base. -…
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Unrelenting Heat is Lowering Tea Yields
Unrelenting Heat is Lowering Tea Yields | Global average air temperatures reach a new high | Herbal Tea Market Growth is Accelerating | Dilmah Tea Founder Merrill J Fernando Passes | PLUS Pradeep Kumar Sacitharan, CEO of London-based Donsfield discusses the critical role of data in defining consumer demand | Episode 126
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Future-Proof Your Tea Business
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Dan Bolton Editor and Producer, Tea Journey and Tea Biz
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Q|A Ranjit Chaliha
Recirculating heated exhaust conserves energy and helps to eliminate inconsistencies in drying that lower tea quality. In this installment of Frugal Innovations, Ranjit Chaliha describes Varun, a device named after the Hindu God of Wind that continuously monitors ambient air conditions in real-time and electronically computes the ideal inlet air temperature to reduce energy costs…
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Protecting Sri Lanka’s 150-year-old Brand
In 2021, Sri Lanka launched a ?4.5 billion global promotion to increase the export volume and value of Ceylon tea, a billion dollar brand. The campaign targets 12 markets, including the UK, EU, Asia, and North America. In parallel, the board is pursuing a Protected Geographical Indication by the European Union.
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World Tea Conference + Expo 2022
Attendees conveyed unique zeal as the largest of North America’s tea shows ushered in the return of in-person event marketing during its 20th anniversary gathering in Las Vegas.
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Boba as a Gateway to Tea
“People sometimes say boba is a fad. I’m like, well, how is it a fad if two billion people drink milk tea, or have tapioca every day?” asks Boba Guys CEO Andrew Chau. Chau explains how relentless attention to quality elevated a simple mix of milk tea and tapioca to a $3 billion global segment…
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Tea at the Top of the World
The Guinness Book of World Records has certified a May 2021 tea break on Mt. Everest as the highest tea party in history. Tea was interwoven into life on an Everest expedition, says climber Andrew Hughes.
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The Rise of India’s New Tea Lands
India no longer requires permits to grow tea, a policy decision likely to open many new tea-growing regions. Grower Rajiv Lochan foresaw that change and began acquiring land along the Doke River in Bihar beginning in 1998. His marketing mastery and tireless promotion since then has literally put Bihar on the official map of India’s…
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Q|A Ian Gibbs
International Tea Committee Chairman Ian Gibbs describes the immediate and potentially long-term impacts on the global tea trade stemming from the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.
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Sri Lanka Responds to Tea Market Turmoil
Anil Cooke, managing director and CEO of Asia Siyaka Commodities, one of Sri Lanka’s top tea brokerages, shares insights amid a fast-changing Ukrainian crisis that has halted shipments to Russia and disturbed global harmony in tea.
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A Taste of Modern Tea
Tea taster extraordinaire Mike Bunston recently visited the Tea History Collection in Banbury, Oxfordshire, to videotape a tasting of modern teas including milk tea, a Jasmine-mango fruit tea, and his first taste of bubble tea. Charlie Shortt, co-founder of the Tea History Collection organized the tasting and narrates this exchange.
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A Living Wage Roadmap
A sustainable future in tea depends on a shared responsibility among stakeholders to assure living wages (for workers) and a living income for smallholders.
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BRU Debuts at CES
BRU co-founder Bogdan Krinitchko describes the Consumer Electronics Show debut of the award-winning specialty tea maker that launched on Kickstarter in November. The IoT device will be on display March 5-7 at the Inspired Home Show in Chicago.
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Consumer Identity and Popular Beverages
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.
