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Understand The Tea Industry
“Make better business decisions using our sophisticated market analysis.”
Dan Bolton, Editor and Producer, Tea Journey And Tea Biz
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The Cost of Producing Specialty Tea
Is manufacturing specialty tea worth the effort? “Frequently it probably isn’t considering the amount that growers need to invest from a financial and human resources perspective to make the very best teas,” says tea wholesaler Will Battle.
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Tea Biz Podcast | Episode 40
Tea News for the Week of Oct. 22 – Sri Lanka Abandons Fertilizer Import Ban | Kenya’s KTDA Sets a Minimum Price for Auctioned Tea | AVPA Announces Teas of the World Winners | PLUS Harkirat Sidhu on Mechanical Tea Harvesting
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Mechanical Tea Harvesting
Mechanical harvesting is required today because we cannot complete plucking rounds frequently enough by hand. We need mechanical harvesting in addition to hand plucking, not to replace hand plucking.
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Tea Biz Podcast | Episode 39
Tea News for the Week of Oct. 15 – Food Inflation and Tea | Tea Cargo Woes Worsen | COVID’s Impact on the North American Tea Market | PLUS The Popularity of Pu’er
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Puer Tea, Ancient Caravans and Urban Chic
By Jinghong Zhang
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A Medicinal Tea from the Sea
Hiroshi Takatoh, CEO, founder, and blender at Japan-based Teatis Tea is exploring, with his team of food scientists and doctors, tea formulations to assist diabetics and pre-diabetics control their blood-sugar levels.
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Future-Proof Your Tea Business
“Use the right information to make wise long-term tea trading decisions.”
Dan Bolton Editor and Producer, Tea Journey and Tea Biz
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Giving Thanks
Since Dan lives up in Canada and I’m here in the U.S., the Tea Biz team has the good fortune of celebrating Thanksgiving twice a year. Dan has already had his and now it’s my turn. (I’ll send you some virtual turkey and pie though, Dan, if you’d like.) I had been preparing a more…
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Need to Know (Nov. 25, 2013)
What tea professionals need to start the week. Rooibee Red’s Heather Howell, Chief Tea Officer at the Louisville, Ky., firm succeeded in convincing Google to serve her Rooibos in the company’s employee cafeteria… relatively few of the 100,000 small tea-growers in Assam who pay taxes benefit from the general welfare fund… a Japanese study found…
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More Holiday Tea Trends
Last week I talked about teaware and accessory trends for 2014 and how that could affect the holiday retail market. This week I look more closely at the tea side (with a brief foray into related products) and some interesting sales strategies. There are hundreds of sources of specialty tea in the marketplace in standalone…
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Need to Know (Nov. 18, 2013)
What tea professionals need to start the week. Prince Charles concluded his tour of India and Sri Lanka with a visit to the Labookellie Tea Estate where he walked the plantation and sampled a cup of Prince George Blend, specially created in honor of his grandson…The Experimental Food Society Spectacular in London last week featured…
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Synchronized Real Time Tea Blending
SEATTLE, Wash. — Mixing tea ingredients is easy. Keeping them stable and evenly dispersed is not. “Inclusions” is the technical description for the flower petals and bits of fruits and nuts, rind shavings, spices, tiny peppers and candy added to modern tea blends. Sales of these specialty teas are brisk with marketing that invites consumers…
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Teaware Trends to Watch, Part 1
Whether we are buyers or sellers, the turn of the calendar to November puts holiday shopping firmly on our minds. Retailers are in the position of constantly trying to predict customer desires and to prepare for (or create) new trends. What are the items that tea business owners will be looking to put on their…
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Need to Know (Nov. 11, 2013)
What tea professionals need to know to start the week. Good Health News Grocery Tea Packaging Innovations Tea for the Troops Health NEW YORK, NY — Every tea retailer should acquire a copy of the December issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition as it contains a supplement with a dozen authoritative peer-reviewed articles on…
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Need to Know (Nov. 4, 2013)
What you need to start the week. Retail News Millennials who denounce McDonald’s stand in long lines for a Smashburger, which is one reason why the burger chain announced it will be the first fast-feeder in the country to freshly brew organic iced teas. Tea at a buck a pint has been a big draw…
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Teavana Fine Tea + Tea Bar Opens in NYC
MANHATTAN, New York — Starbucks unveiled a comfortable, tea-focused Teavana Fine Tea + Tea Bar that dazzled local and national press Wednesday night. The shop is a prototype for 1,000 North American locations, according to Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. The Teavana tea bar is devoid of any Starbucks branding and does not serve coffee. However,…
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Need to Know (Oct. 21, 2013)
What you need to know to start the week. Canada Coffee & Tea Show World Tea East Retail News VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Canadian consumer demand for coffee and tea continues to climb as evidenced by market research and the enthusiasm of attendees at the Canadian Coffee & Tea Show. The show, managed by Fulcrum…
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Friday Roundtable: Ready for the Weekend?
Here in the U.S., many of us are heading into Columbus Day weekend. It has me thinking about how our tea drinking habits change from day to day. During the week, if you work in an office, your tea preparation facilities may be limited (or you have developed some innovative systems which we’ll have to…
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Q&A with John Smith, Chair Tea Association of the USA
SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — John Smith, vice president at Henry P. Thomson tea importers, was recently named Chair of the Tea Association of the USA during the 4th Annual North American Tea Conference. Smith has been with New Jersey-based Thomson since May 1997. He is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese holds an MBA in Finance from…
