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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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Turn Over a New Leaf
Few people know that the cuppa tea they cherish is in trouble. Every mature industry experiences rising production costs, saturated markets, stagnant prices, and a lack of tech intervention – in tea, the over-dependency on subsidies, risk-averse attitude, complacency, and fear of change add to these troubles. Other industries have found solutions through innovation (product,…
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Easing COVID Restrictions Leads to Uncertainty in China’s Tea Industry
Millions of urban Chinese will soon return to their ancestral homes in rural China to celebrate the Lunar New Year | World’s Top Black Tea Producers Report Export Declines | What Do We Value about Tea, and How Do We Value It?
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Tea Producers Urged to Share Insights on Human Rights
THIRST has completed its initial Human Rights Impact Assessment in the global tea sector and now seeks to better understand the challenges faced by producers worldwide. The deadline to complete the online Global Tea Producers Survey is Jan. 31, 2023.
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World Bank Report: India’s Cold Chain
Iran Slows Tea and Rice Imports from India | China Eases COVID Restrictions | World Bank Report Reveals Investment Opportunities for Expanding Cold Chain | PLUS THIRST founder and CEO Sabita Banerji says the non-profit will conduct confidential surveys of tea producers worldwide during the New Year.
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Retailers Rekindle Tea Culture Face-to-Face
Andrew McNeill, Business Development Director at Seven Cups Fine Chinese Tea, says that stay-at-home tea drinkers who are exploring specialty teas are eager to share the experience of tea discovery face-to-face.
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Tea & Empire, James Taylor in Victorian Ceylon
By Angela McCarthy & T.M. Devine
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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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Natural Tea Energy
Cross category tea blends bridge traditional retail categories such as energy and refreshment; and have successfully carved out space on the shelf next to functional beverages as low-sugar organic, clean label alternatives to fortified waters and juice.
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Is Tea Divisible?
Is there a dividing line that separates the enormous varieties and styles of tea into commodity and specialty or is tea quality best viewed as a continuum?
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Tea Biz Podcast | Episode 28
Tea Industry News for the week ending July 30 – Research Reveals that Children Benefit from Drinking Tea | A New Definition for Specialty Tea Gets Refined | Unilever’s Tea Brand Divestiture is on Pace | PLUS Rising Temperatures Torture Tea
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The Life of Tea
By Michael Freeman and Timothy d’Offay
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Tea Biz Podcast | Episode 27
Tea Industry News for the week ending July 23 – New Criteria Proposed for Differentiating Specialty Tea | Walmart Tea is now 100% Rainforest Alliance Certified Sustainable | Kenya Sets KTDA Tea Auction Price Minimums | PLUS David Veal explains how the European Speciality Tea Association arrived at a new definition of specialty tea and…
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Beijing International Tea Expo 2021 Postponed
Organized by the China Tea Marketing Association, programming is closely tied to select tea origins. The 10th edition is Aug. 27-30 at the Beijing Exhibition Center.
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Defining Specialty Tea
David Veal, Executive Director of the European Speciality Tea Association, explains the association’s new approach to differentiating specialty tea and why it will prove helpful.
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La Gravitea Café
This northern India café offers a large selection of specialty teas, but what makes it special is that the staff of 10 is entirely hearing-impaired.
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Tea Biz Podcast | Episode 26
Tea Industry News for the week ending July 16 – Darjeeling Experiences a Severe Downturn | Researchers Discover Expanded Role for Microbes in Tea Making | Oxfam India Defines Living Wage for Assam Tea Workers | PLUS Carmién Tea founder Mientjie Mouton on the EU’s decision to commercially protect rooibos and word from the nine…
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Rooibos Revived
Q|A with Mientjie Mouton founder Carmién Rooibos Tea
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A Rare Find
The image at right is of a pyramid-shaped folding display poster circa 1880. When opened flat, there are brief descriptions of tea occasions. When folded into a three-dimensional pyramid, the sides read, “The Secret of a Really Good Cup of Tea is Quality as supplied by the Tea Planters & Importers Co., London.”
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Tea Biz Podcast | Episode 24
Tea Industry News for the week ending July 2 – 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…
