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Dan Bolton, Editor and Producer, Tea Journey And Tea Biz

  • 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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  • Peter G. W. Keen

    (1941-2021)

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  • Xue Jian Oolong Tea farm in Miaoli, Taiwan

    AVPA Gold Winners 2021

    Tea Biz called to congratulate two of this year’s AVPA Teas of the World gold medal winners, one a Taiwan high mountain oolong tea farm, and the second, a family grower producing Mountain Tea on the island of Crete.

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  • Xue Jian Oolong Tea farm in Miaoli, Taiwan

    AVPA Gold Winners

    Tea Biz called to congratulate two of this year’s AVPA Teas of the World gold medal winners, one a Taiwan high mountain oolong tea farm, and the second, a family grower producing Mountain Tea on the island Crete.

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  • The team at Grassroots Tea

    Grassroots Tea

    Tea entrepreneurs organize into collectives and supply raw leaf to mini factories operated by local Tea Producer Companies owned by growers.

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  • Will Battle on the unique costs of producing specialty tea.

    Tea Biz Podcast | Episode 41

    Tea News for the Week of Oct. 29 – Fairtrade International Predicts Climate-Related Financial Disaster for Small Tea Farms | Chemical Fertilizer Supplies Disrupted | Holiday Helpers are in Short Supply | PLUS wholesaler Will Battle details the added costs of producing specialty tea.

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Future-Proof Your Tea Business

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Dan Bolton Editor and Producer, Tea Journey and Tea Biz

  • Need to Know (Jan. 6, 2014)

    What tea professionals need to start the week..— Assure your customers who are resolved to lose weight that tea really does burn calories1… Tetley just launched a blend of green and black tea to bring tea drinkers the best of both… author Jeff Fuchs describes in a video interview an arduous 5,000 kilometer trek for…

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  • Bitcoin Update

    Last week trading was halted on three crypto currency exchanges after it was revealed hackers stole 4,474 Bitcoins from the Silk Road 2.0 website.  Silk Road is a drug-selling black market whose technical staff blamed the loss on a “transaction malleability” bug in the Bitcoin software. The loss was valued at $2.6 million, according to…

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  • Need to Know (Dec. 30, 2013)

    What tea professionals need to start the week. Support tea innovator Christine Wheeler, founder of Drazil Kids Tea, as she competes Tuesday (Dec. 31) for the Dream Big America prize… Sri Lanka will pass the $1.5 billion mark for tea exports, setting a record… British Airways has perfected a tea that tastes great at 35,000…

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  • Need to Know (Dec. 23, 2013)

    What tea professionals need to start the week. Holiday sales are strong with online surging. Starbucks breaks loyalty card record but fewer shopping days since Thanksgiving limited brick-and-mortar traffic. ShopperTrak reported that store traffic during the week of Dec. 15 dropped 19.9%… Tealet Discusses Benefits of Bitcoin Transactions…export earnings in Sri Lanka rose 10.7% through…

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  • Bitcoin Primer

    World Tea News recently published an article on the emergence of many popular tea brands on offer in Bitcoin’s new online MegaStore.  Larger retailers with a thorough understanding of the risks should definitely consider accepting Bitcoins as this digital currency promises to significantly lower the cost of online transactions. BusinessWeek reported Dec. 27 that Overstock.com will…

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  • Need to Know (Dec. 16, 2013)

    What tea professionals need to start the week. Sunday was International Tea Day and today is a special anniversary for Americans as it marks the 240th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party… Shri M.G.V.K. Bhanu confirmed Sunday that he will soon depart as Chairman of the India Tea Board to take a government post in…

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  • Effective Strategies for Email Newsletters

    For many tea companies, the email newsletter has been a critical tool for communicating with and maintaining a relationship with customers. These documents promote products, share information about the company and its people, and more than anything, attempt to grab attention in a sea of inbox clutter. Electronic newsletters have, in many cases, replaced print…

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  • Immerset

    Brewing methods continue to evolve at both extremes. Last month I wrote about semi-automated $6,000 brewers ideally suited to coffee shop drive-thrus that can make multiple cups of tea in less than 90 seconds. Immerset is at the other extreme, a simple invention that combines the gentle immersion of a French press with the control…

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  • Pimp My Tea

    China’s CNTV assigned a reporter to visit Los Angeles last week to describe the tea industry in America. The serious video report, hilariously but aptly titled Pimp My Tea, includes an interview with International Tea Importer (ITI, Inc.) and Chado Tea Room Founder Devan Shah, a visit to the American Tea Room in Beverly Hills…

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  • Need to Know (Dec. 9, 2013)

    What tea professionals need to start the week. Look for a Downton Abbey tea truck roaming the streets of New York City this week… the Canadian government is appealing a B.C. Supreme Court decision that allows patients authorized to use medical marijuana to make hemp tea or bake it in their brownies… Watch a hilariously…

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  • Service and Innovation

    Service and innovation differentiate tea retailers. At its core, specialty tea is a commodity since most blends use similarly sourced mid-grade green or black tea enhanced with ingredients and flavor. The lowest tier in the sector consists of tea-only blends that are bagged and retail for less than $300 a kilo. The entry point is…

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  • Need to Know (Dec. 2, 2013)

    What tea professionals need to start the week. The India Tea Board may get a new chairman… a Canadian study in the Journal of Toxicology revealed many teas contain sufficient concentrations of lead for physicians to recommend pregnant women “severely limit” their use…  black tea production is up by 8.5% globally… tea prices at the…

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