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Dan Bolton, Editor and Producer, Tea Journey And Tea Biz
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New Protocols to Evaluate Specialty Tea
International Specialty Tea Association spokesperson Andrew McNeill announced new evaluation standards that provide a framework for the evaluation of specialty tea. He says the new protocols “give some shape to the premium tea products that producers are making tea and, increasingly, what consumers are buying.”
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Small Scale Mechanization
The Great Mississippi Tea Company is pioneering modern cultivation, tea science, employment standards, and small-scale mechanization of the harvest for producers in developed countries where the high cost of labor and land has discouraged growers.
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Tea Biz Podcast | Episode 49
Tea News for the Week of Dec. 31 | Omicron Cancels Restaurant Reservations | Sri Lanka Barters $5 Million a Month in Tea to Settle Iran Oil Debt | PLUS Foodservice Tea Still Recuperating, a TEAIN22 Forecast
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New Role for Tea Board
A bill to promote and further develop India’s industry will, “enable the functioning of a modern Tea Promotion and Development Board and for matters connected therewith.”
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Tea as Medicine
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…
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Tea in Foodservice is Recuperating
Two years of COVID reset tea consumption at restaurants and cafés, initially reinforcing traditional expectations of comfort and warmth but evolving to permanently disrupt delivery, takeaway, menu choices, and celebratory occasions with tea.
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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 with World Tea Expo’s New Owners – Need to Know
It’s only been a week but Penton Group President Fred Linder was gracious in answering five questions on the future of the World Tea Expo and its ancillary business ventures. Linder will oversee World Tea Expo as part of Penton Exhibition Services which supports more than 100 events across five sectors. Linder also runs the…
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Penton Acquires World Tea Expo – Need to Know
World Tea Expo was acquired last week by Penton, a large New York based business-to-business publishing company with a portfolio of trade events serving the natural food industry. The transition of the tradeshow, the North American Tea Championship, the World Tea Academy and World Tea News from Ohio-based F+W Media, A Content + eCommerce Company…
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Locating the Richest Tea Retailers
Location data is critical to retail success and essential to expansion planning. Market research firm AggData offers a revealing tool that TIME Labs used to rank the richest retail locations in the U.S. You can experiment with it free online. The interactive form compiles the U.S. median income of brands based on updated 2013 Census…
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Australia’s First Specialty Tea Trade Show and Conference – Need to Know
The Australian International Tea Expo October 17-18 is Australia’s first specialty tea trade show and conference. The resort town of Geelong, Victoria, about 45 miles from Melbourne, is the location of the inaugural trade show and conference which includes a tea education program and a black-tie Golden Leaf Awards dinner. Tea classes will be held…
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China’s One Belt, One Road – Need to Know
China is making its biggest splash in tea in modern times this summer at Expo Milano 2015 the world’s largest food and beverage tradeshow. “Never before has Italy hosted so many tea experts from China all together with so many companies representing the excellence of Chinese tea,” writes Marco Bertona, chairman of the Tea Association…
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It’s Tea Festival Season – Need to Know
Festival season is underway with great events scheduled in Sydney, Dublin and Vancouver… Western Tea Festivals launched in the past couple of years are drawing crowds of 5,000 to 7,000. Events in major cities across the globe introduce consumers to tea customs and styles. Educational programs are popular with experts sharing methods of preparation while…
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When an American Tries to Teach the British about Tea
I think it’s safe to say that the British have some substantial experience with tea. This long history has resulted in significant consternation now that a guide on “proper tea preparation” has been released and it was written by an American. “How To Make Tea: The Science Behind The Leaf” was developed by Seattle’s Brian…
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The Great Tea Train
Tea tourists may soon have another amazing excursion to quell their wanderlust. Through a new agreement between Russian President Vladimir Putin, President of China Xi Jinping and President of Mongloia Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorzh, the “Great Tea Train” should be ready to operate by next year. The train will travel 3,000 kilometers through portions of what was…
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US Tea Growers Competition – Need to Know
Competition announced for US grown tea… American Tea Room hires Tony Gebely to run its online operations… National Competition for US Tea Growers Tea farmers in the United States are eligible to enter the first competition designed to showcase US grown teas. A cash price of $1000 will go the top grower in each of…
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Student Designed Infuser Tops $360,000 on Kickstarter – Need to Know
By Nanette Jackson Click here to listen to the inventors tell their story (15 min). Three college students in Bellingham, Wash., set out to design an innovative magnetic brewing vessel to flip your world upside-down and throw tea bags into the past. Now they are raising money to launch this project – lots of money.…
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A Good Omen for Specialty Tea – Need to Know
A Good Omen for Specialty Tea Strip away all the legal filings and investment analysis and what you see in the DAVIDsTEA Initial Public Offering (IPO) today is a positive and persuasive vision of the future of specialty tea retail. DAVIDsTEA is the latest example of a home-grown venture where the founders, inspired by a…
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Book Review: Modern Tea by Lisa Boalt Richardson
Over the past ten years some new and groundbreaking tea books have hit the market and become instant industry classics. “The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide” by Mary Lou Heiss and Robert Heiss was released and took its place as a veritable textbook for tea enthusiasts. It was nominated for a…
