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India Initiates Tea Industry Reforms
India’s highest levels of government are reforming the basic structure of agriculture. The intent is to loosen regulations on pricing and storage and to permit direct sales of produce. These rules have protected India’s farmers from the free market for decades. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called the reforms a “watershed moment” for Indian agriculture.
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Golden Leaf Awards — Deadline Near
The Golden Leaf Awards, sponsored by the Australian Tea Masters and suspended during the height of the pandemic, have returned in 2021. The deadline to enter the competition is November 30.
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Tea Biz Podcast | Episode 43
Tea News for the Week of Nov. 12 – The Desirability of Sustainability | Ekaterra Tea Pledges to Become Net-Zero | Grocery Shoppers Say they Will Pay More for Sustainable Food | Inflation Demonstrates a Troubling Persistence | PLUS Tea Board of India Chairman Prabhat Bezboruah explains the current situation and the economic and societal…
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Q|A Prabhat Bezboruah
India’s government is going to revamp the Tea Act. It’s going to be a wholesale revamp. The role of the Tea Board is also going to be redefined. That’s a work in progress and it’s already happening. Even the Plantation Labor Act is going to get subsumed once the code on wages and the occupational…
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Tea Biz Podcast | Episode 42
Tea News for the Week of Nov. 5 – A New Theory on How Green Tea Promotes Longevity | The Bubble Tea Business is Frothing Globally | Assam Smallholder Collective Debuts Equifarm Tea Brand | PLUS AVPA Gold Medalists Discuss their Winning Teas and SAMA Tea CEO Michael Parisi on how he used AI to…
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Dan Bolton Editor and Producer, Tea Journey and Tea Biz
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Tea Cozy Competition Sweeps Australia
Participants took up knitting needles, chain mail and astroturf to create some of the most unusually tea cozies for this year’s Fish Creek Tea Cosy Festival in Australia. Featuring music, movies, music workshops, a makers’ fair, and afternoon teas, the ten day festival (May 16-25) is also hosting its second tea cozy competition. Fish Creek,…
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India’s New Prime Minister Worked as a Tea Vendor – Need to Know
What tea professionals need to start the week of May 19, 2014 — India’s Narendra Modi, a childhood tea vendor, will be the next prime minister. Modi’s pro-business platform and decisive leadership is welcome according to tea industry executives but his uneasiness with Congress Party’s tea worker subsidies make the future unclear… World Tea Expo begins Tuesday May 27 with Tea…
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Global Consolidation of Tea & Coffee Goliaths – Need to Know
What tea professionals need to start the week of May 12, 2014 — Global consolidation in the coffee and tea segment has led to more than 100 deals valued at $23 billion the past five years. Last week’s proposed combination of Mondelez International’s coffee brands (Maxwell House) with D.E. Master Blenders 1753 BV (Douwe Egberts) will…
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Need to Know (May 5, 2014)
What tea professionals need to start the week — Watch for Mother’s Day TV ads promoting Oprah Chai this week… Services for Herbert Hyman, the pioneering founder of Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, were conducted over the weekend… Seattle-based Choice Organic Teas celebrated its 25th Anniversary during the Specialty Coffee Association of America’s annual conference……
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Choice Organic Teas
SEATTLE, Wash. – “Great minds think alike” nicely sums the emergence of organics which was seeded in the 1940s but remained a sapling until commercial advocates pushed through legislation leading to government regulated third party certification of tea. In 1989 Blake Rankin, the founder of Choice Organic Teas, was inspired to exclusively offer pesticide-free, sustainably…
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Need to Know (April 30, 2014)
What tea professionals need to know this week — Award winning Maine tea house up for sale….Milo’s Tea reaches new markets…Teavana opens new location in Chicago…Book deal for Zhena’s Gypsy Teas founder….The press can’t get over the President’s introduction to green tea ice cream…Stash walks away from Sustainable Forest Initiative Maine’s Clipper Merchant Tea…
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Austin Hodge’s Qingming Report 2014
Qing Ming 2014 By Austin Hodge, President of Seven Cups Seven Cups is an importer of Chinese tea, located in Tucson, Arizona Filed April 6, 2014. An abridged version appeared in World Tea News previously. Read our previous story about Qing Ming and its meaning from our April 7 Need to Know post. I started…
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Dubai Tea Report: Golden Leaf Awards
Indian Teas Recognized at Golden Leaf Awards in Dubai By Dan Bolton DUBAI, UAE – India’s great wealth of tea gardens and expertise extends far south of the fabled Himalayas. Last week, judges of the Golden Leaf India Awards announced 34 outstanding teas in multiple categories as winners of the annual competition. Judging took place…
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Need to Know (April 7, 2014)
What tea professionals need to start the week — It’s QingMing….The Global Dubai Tea Forum is about to begin…JT&Tea, a new business from Thomas Shu and Josephine Pan….Rooibee Red Tea for the Whole Family….Arizona Iced Tea off to court…and before you go to buy your Chamomile Colored Mini Cooper T, read this report. Qing…
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Need to Know (March 31, 2014)
What tea professionals need to start the week — Capital Teas poised to grow with a $5 million investment…Pure Leaf Iced Tea partners with Food & Wine…TetraPak encourages tea companies to think differently…University of Leicester students seek the perfect tea formula $5 Million Investment Prepares Capital Teas for Growth Capital Teas of Annapolis, Md.…
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What Changes Are Being Proposed by the FDA for Labels?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering new requirements for nutrition labeling for food and beverage products that will, among others, impact companies with ready-to-drink tea products. The FDA feels that the 20-year-old labeling systems would benefit from an overhaul to better inform consumers in their choices. There are two fundamental parts to the…
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Teavana Update
— Hard numbers are hard to find but a year after it was sold to Starbucks Teavana appears to be on a roll. At the company’s annual meeting in March CEO Howard Schultz introduced Oprah Chai Tea in a surprise announcement that brought the celebrity on stage to discuss her love for tea. The audience…
