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Dan Bolton, Editor and Producer, Tea Journey And Tea Biz
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Tea Biz Podcast | Episode 36
Tea News for the Week of Sept. 24 | Retail Sales Forecast Happy Holidays | Restaurant Reticence is Declining | A Restructured DAVIDsTEA Expands into Pharmacies | PLUS Folklore Tea co-founders in Guwahati, Assam discuss how they engage customers at an unusual level of intimacy
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Folklore Tea
The founders of Folklore Tea in Assam work with villagers to increase their awareness about tea as they introduce customers to those who made the tea, how the leaf was processed, the cultural ethos, and terroir.
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Tea Biz Podcast | Episode 35
Tea News for the Week of Sept. 17 | Bids Top $4 Billion for Unilever Tea Portfolio | India May Halt Imports of Nepal Tea | Sales of Herbal Supplements in US Exceed $10 Billion | PLUS The Physics of Black Tea Film | and the Rainforest Alliance’s Madhuri Nanda on the evolution of sustainable…
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The Physics of Black Tea Film
Researchers once thought tea film was due to waxy substances in leaves released during steeping. That is not the case. The delicate film is an interfacial interaction of air, tea polyphenols, and calcium carbonate ions in water.
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Q|A Madhuri Nanda
Sustainable farming practices ensure no negative impact. The focus in regenerative agriculture is making the system better by adopting an ecosystem approach to enhance biodiversity and improve soil health.
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Tea Biz Podcast | Episode 34
Sri Lanka Tea Yields Feared to Decline | McLeod Russel Settlement Resolves Insolvency | Bangladesh Tea Sector Returns to Pre-Pandemic Production Levels | PLUS A chat with the Rare Tea Lady on obligations to origin | and Denys Shortt on digitizing the Tea History Collection
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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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The Emerging US League of Tea Growers
TWEET: Can you imagine a time when the United States could become a major source of premium specialty tea? Ask most tea drinkers about their primary sources of tea and you are likely to hear mentions of China, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, and other Asian and African destinations. Could you imagine a time when…
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Hans P. Theyer to Oversee Fairtrade America
TWEET: New Fairtrade America executive reasserts smallholders role. WASHINGTON, D.C. Hans P. Theyer was named executive director of Fairtrade America May 13 of the newly organized affiliate of the international Fairtrade system. He is charged with articulating the organization’s social mission after a schism invited major retailers to abandon Fairtrade certification in favor of a…
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How Much Caffeine Is Really in Your Cup?
TWEET: What you think you know about caffeine in tea might be all wrong. When the Wrigley Company pulled its Alert Energy Caffeine Gum from the market two weeks after launch, it was in no small part due to a newly announced investigation by the Food & Drug Administration into caffeine in our nation’s foods…
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Dan Bolton
Dan Bolton is pictured against a background of tea gardens in the town of Coonoor, located in the foothills of the Nilgiri Mountains in Tamil Nadu, India. Recent articles by Dan Bolton The Wait is Over; Tea’s Time is Now Specialty Coffee Retailer, November 14, 2013 Investors placed a $1 billion bet on tea retail…
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Rumor has it…
PASADENA, Calif. – Fifteen years ago rumors began circulating that a massive beverage corporation was launching a branded tea retail venture. Grocery and mass market CPG sales were solid and sales in the company’s food service and hotel channels were robust. It seemed the perfect time for this multi-billion dollar brand to break from the…
