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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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Mechanical Harvesting
Given the cost and shortage of labor and the growing demand for tea, mechanization is here to stay. Virtually all crops are being mechanically harvested now. There’s no other way that you can make commodity tea commercially viable, says Teacraft founder Nigel Melican.
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Tea Biz Podcast | Episode 48
Tea News for the Week of Dec. 17 – Bulk and Specialty Tea Prices Diverge | France Will Pay €1 Million to GI Certify Ceylon Tea | Sotheby’s Inaugural Tea & Teaware Auctions Total HKD8 Million | PLUS Born of Native Mud and Frugal Innovation, Part 2
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Tea Biz Podcast | Episode 47
Tea News for the Week of Dec. 10 – Economic Forecasters Predict Higher Tea Prices in 2022 | As Holiday Order Ease, a Delivery Crisis Looms | German Tea Drinkers Set a Consumption Record | PLUS Frugal Innovation, Part 1
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Q|A Mary Cotterman
Artisan Teaware Born from Native Mud
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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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Helicopter Rescue
Perched in a tree jutting from a cliff hundreds of feet above fast-moving Mountain Home Creek I would have welcomed a calming cup of tea. SAN GORGONIO WILDERNESS, Calif. – A few miles from Angeles Oaks Calif., there is a trailhead on Hwy. 38 leading to Mountain Home Flats, an early settler’s homestead located in…
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World Tea Expo Opens – Need to Know
What tea professionals need to start the week of May 26, 2014 — World Tea Expo opens in Long Beach this week with a very strong educational program and an exciting show floor with several new exhibitors… see all the finalists for the Best New Products Awards listed below… Teavana co-located its newest concept store…
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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.…
