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Dan Bolton, Editor and Producer, Tea Journey And Tea Biz
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First Tea Culture Week in Brazil
Tea Culture Week, scheduled for August 1-7, 2022, will feature online and in-person activities across the country. Retailers, marketers, tea educators, and volunteer enthusiasts have been planning the event for months.
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Reinvigorating India’s Tea Sector
India’s tea industry in 2021 recovered from severe setbacks due to the pandemic. Fortunately, India’s domestic demand remains firm, consuming 75% of locally grown tea.
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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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Los Angeles International Tea Festival — Need to Know
What tea professionals need to start the week of Aug. 18, 2014 — Crowds at the annual Los Angeles International Tea Festival have doubled in the past few years… the spring harvest evaluation is complete and North American Tea Champions are named… QTrade Tea & Herbs takes home 100th award, the most of any competitor……
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Tea Innovation at the Fancy Food Show — Need to Know
What tea professionals need to start the week of July 21, 2014 — Five innovative tea products of note from the Specialty Food Association’s Summer Fancy Food Show….Green Rooibos from Khosian Tea… a bundle of leaves 3D bottle for Tejava. Tea Innovation at the Summer Fancy Food Show Tea is one of the most important…
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Is that an ant in my tea?
Australia’s Kettle Town tea company made it’s debut last December as a small specialty tea company that developed some unique blends for pairing with dessert. It is unlikely that anyone would have predicted that seven months later they would be getting international attention for introducing a red ant tea. Kettle Town was founded by Vincent…
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Panda Express Tea Bar — Need to Know
What tea professionals need to start the week of July 14, 2014 — A wok through the new Panda Express tea bar… Amazing Race Canada contenders serve afternoon tea at the Fairmont Empress… Ito En brings first flush shincha to market in bottles and a British restaurant offers Da Hong Pao for $300 a pot.…
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Tea Beverages are Bubbling — Need to Know
What tea professionals need to start the week of July 7, 2014 — Market researcher Technomic reports Beverages are Bubbling …Korea signs a trade agreement recognizing organic “equivalency” with USDA… Political outcry accompanies word of starvation deaths on India’s abandoned tea estates but no solutions are advanced…Suja Juice launches the first biodynamic, cold brewed, organic,…
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Green Tea May Protect Prostate — Need to Know
What tea professionals need to start the week of June 30, 2014 — Tea garden workers in India abandoned by estate management are starving… Green tea appears to protect the prostate… crafty artists are making ornate flowers out of intricately folded tea packets. Empowering Smallholders DARJEELING, West Bengal – Word this week of the starvation…
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TEAM UP Supports Tea Worker Wage Increase – Need to Know
What tea professionals need to start the week of June 23, 2014 — TEAM UP participants in London last week presented a program to raise wages for tea workers… Nestle is withdrawing its Nestea bottled products from China… India tea production fell 24.5% in April…the Fill’er Up unlimited drink app CUPS makes it debut in…
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Zhena: Tea Entrepreneur, Author and Soon-to-Be TV Star?
Inspiration comes to us in many ways. Some of us read a line that sets our minds on fire. Others meet someone special who serves as a mentor or offers encouragement or important tools. And sometimes, as was the case of Zhena Muzyka, there was no small amount of desperation in the decision to launch…
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Specialty Tea Pioneer John Harney Passes
Specialty tea pioneer John Haney died Tuesday. He was 83. The founder of Harney & Sons in 1983, his contribution to the development of America’s specialty tea industry can hardly be overstated. He entered tea retail late in his life following a successful career that made his encore all the more spectacular. Harney was known…
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Samovar Launches New Tea Bar Concept – Need to Know
What tea professionals need to start the week of June 16, 2014 — Samovar Tea Bar launches a new tea retail concept worth watching…Honest Tea sells its billionth bottle… George Jage, founder of World Tea Expo, exits… Barak Obama sneaks out for a cup of tea. Samovar’s Clever Retail Concept SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Jesse…
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World Cup 2014 – Tea Style
In our house, my passion for tea may only be rivaled by my husband’s passion for soccer. It is unavoidable then that there would be a great deal of talk about the opening of this year’s World Cup. Brackets have been passed around the house and kids and adults alike are making their picks. It…
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Teavana Shaken Iced Tea – Need to Know
What tea professionals need to start the week of June 9, 2014 — We should all be drinking iced tea this week in celebration of National Iced Tea Month and out of necessity as temperatures climb… Starbucks debuts an iced tea commercial promoting Teavana shaken tea (with a national tea giveaway Tuesday)… Nestea positions for a comeback… the final count…
