Expertise – Tea Biz

by Dan Bolton November 28, 2022 1

Revised TRA Standards Promote Tea Sustainability

The main difference between our standards and those developed by third-party certifiers is that our standards are backed by scientific research carried out by our scientists over the last 111 years. There is scientific evidence for every practical recommendation. – Joydeep Phukan

by Dananjaya Silva September 18, 2022

Expertise

Q|A Roshan Rajadurai

Dr. Roshan Rajadurai, the Managing Director of Hayleys’ Plantations, left, discusses with Tea Biz correspondent and PMD Tea MD Dananjaya Silva how organizational discipline and adaptations enabled tea production to continue during the pandemic and recent economic hardships.

by Jessica Natale Woollard June 10, 2022

Expertise

Teaching Tea Teachers

Being Tea’s eight-month teacher training program helps tea professionals educate others on how to share their knowledge of tea.

by Dan Bolton March 21, 2022

Expertise

Boba as a Gateway to Tea

“People sometimes say boba is a fad. I’m like, well, how is it a fad if two billion people drink milk tea, or have tapioca every day?” asks Boba Guys CEO Andrew Chau. Chau explains how relentless attention to quality elevated a simple mix of milk tea and tapioca to a $3 billion global segment that is enticing a generation of non-tea drinkers to give tea a try.

by Bernadine Tay February 25, 2022

Expertise

A Taste of Modern Tea

Tea taster extraordinaire Mike Bunston recently visited the Tea History Collection in Banbury, Oxfordshire, to videotape a tasting of modern teas including milk tea, a Jasmine-mango fruit tea, and his first taste of bubble tea. Charlie Shortt, co-founder of the Tea History Collection organized the tasting and narrates this exchange.