Tea News for the week ending December 31, 2022
Podcast Episode 96
Iran Slows Tea and Rice Imports from India
Without explanation, Iran’s Ministry of Agriculture has stopped registering contracts with Indian suppliers to export tea, rice, and other commodities. Registration is required before Indian goods can be offloaded in Iran.
| China Eases COVID Restrictions
China has eased travel restrictions and will permit people to enter public buildings without showing negative test results (except schools, hospitals, and nursing homes). Residents can travel freely within the country, but international travelers must still endure an eight-day quarantine on arrival. The country remains closed to tourists. The immediate impact of lifting restrictions will be a surge in infections due to a low vaccination rate.
| World Bank Report Reveals Investment Opportunities for Expanding India’s Cold Chain
Cold storage capacity in India has grown steadily. Still, a gap of 3.27 million metric tons for long-term storage of fresh produce remains, according to a World Bank report on investment opportunities presented at a government-hosted conference on developing India’s cooling sector.
Download: Climate Investment Opportunities in India’s Cooling Sector
| PLUS THIRST has completed its initial assessment of human rights in the global tea sector and is now seeking to understand the root causes. THIRST founder and CEO Sabita Banerji says the non-profit will conduct confidential surveys of tea producers during the New Year. In this episode, she discusses the process with South Asia Correspondent Aravinda Anantharaman.
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Tea News for the week ending December 2
Podcast Episode 95
UNESCO Inscribes Tea Traditions China, Türkiye, and Azerbaijan on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) annually recognizes cultural practices and traditional crafts worthy of safeguarding. On Dec. 1, UNESCO named two tea traditions to the list, citing traditional Chinese tea processing techniques that “entail knowledge, skills, and practices around tea plantation management, tea-leaf picking, and manual processing. These are passed on through families and apprenticeships, including by tea producers, farmers, artists, and those who make the pastries that are typically served with tea.”
UNESCO also inscribed the Culture of Çay (tea), “a symbol of identity, hospitality, and social interaction.” In a joint application submitted in March 2021, Azerbaijan and Türkiye described their tea culture as “an essential part of social and cultural life and an important social practice aiming to show hospitality, celebrate important moments in the lives of communities and help them to build and maintain social relationships and enjoy moments by drinking tea for social exchange and interaction.
| Black Friday Lives Up to its Name as US shoppers set in-store and online sales records
| Australian Study Shows Elderly Women Benefit from Tea Flavonoids
| PLUS Tea Biz visits Tucson, Arizona, for the grand opening of a 2,200 sq. ft. combination tea shop, tearoom, warehouse, and online fulfillment center. Andrew McNeill, Business Development Director at Seven Cups Fine Chinese Tea, says that stay-at-home tea drinkers experimenting with specialty teas are eager to share the experience of tea discovery face-to-face.
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Tea News for the week ending November 11
Podcast Episode 92
Funding Prevention Gives Way to Funding Climate Repairs
“We cannot ignore the race to resilience in our race to zero,” says Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for Egypt. Developing countries will need $1 trillion a year in external financing by 2030 to cut emissions, boost resilience, restore land, and repair damage caused by increasingly destructive climate events, according to a report released by organizers of the United Nations Climate Summit (COP27). Total investment in developing countries will require $2.4 trillion by 2030, beyond government budgets. Climate finance by the private sector, both foreign and domestic, is key to solving today’s development challenges. According to the report, the current investment is around $500 million. The report was jointly funded by hosts Egypt and the United Kingdom.
| Bangladesh Production Rebounds After Strike
| A Tea Tourism Handbook Elevates Immersive Travel
| PLUS Tea Biz explores exotic Jeju Island off the southern coast of South Korea, where Wild Orchard Regenerative Tea is grown. Michael D. Ham, co-founder and company president, describes in detail the biodiverse cultivation and multiple washing of leaves while processing these award-winning teas.
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Tea News for the week ending November 4
Podcast Episode 91
Indicators Suggest a Recession is Imminent
Carman Allison, vice president of thought leadership at Nielsen IQ in Toronto, describes the unusual combination of slow growth and job gains set against rising interest rates and sharply higher inflation as a “consumer recession.”
“We are all trained to understand that you need two consecutive quarters of GDP contraction for a country to be officially in a recession. But we also know that by the time that actually happens, a lot of the economy is already in a recession,” he explains.
| The International Tea Academy Awards its First “Leafies”
| Sales of Herbal Infusions are Expected to Double this Decade
| PLUS Canadian Economist Sylvain Charlebois, senior director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, sees a lot of positives for the tea industry but cautioned that inflation is an economic disease that will linger. Supply chain challenges remain. He said the macro-dynamics around commodities are getting more complicated, adding, “The fall is not going to be easy.”
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Sri Lanka Tea Sector Opposes Doubling Corporate Tax Rate
Tea News for the week ending October 28
Podcast Episode 90
To qualify for an IMF bailout bankrupt government must collect more revenue
The proposed increase to a maximum of 30% from 24% of earnings is needed to qualify for a $2.9 billion bailout by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Sri Lanka’s tea industry is the only sector earning significant foreign exchange revenue. Production is down by 20%, but growers get record prices at auction. The tea sector generated $819 million during the first eight months and is on track to earn around $1.2 billion, comparable to the $1.3 billion in 2021 exports. In an open letter published Oct. 17, the Tea Export Association “earnestly requests the government to maintain the concessionary corporate income tax rate of 14% for the tea sector for its long-term sustainability, which will ultimately bring in much higher growth dividends for the economy.”
| Vietnamese Tea Exports Experience Slow Decline
Vietnamese tea exports declined sharply during COVID and have yet to recover. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, tea exports are down 6.4% by volume to 54,000 metric tons through June 2022. Revenue from tea exports was $94 million, which is 1.3% lower than during the same period last year. The Ministry of Industry and Trade estimated annual revenue from tea exports averaged $173.2 million during the years 2016-2020. At that time, Vietnam accounted for 2.4% of the global value of tea exports.
| Kenya to Expand its Orthodox Tea Capability
Kenya’s new administration is investing millions in its tea sector to generate jobs and boost foreign exchange. Two weeks ago, President William Ruto announced that the government would construct a modern tea processing and packaging facility in Mombasa. Simultaneously the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) asked the government for Ksh800 million ($6 million) to expand production lines at 10 of its 12 orthodox tea factories. KTDA currently produces five million kilos of high-value specialty tea.
| PLUS Joydeep Phukan, the Principal Officer and Secretary of India’s Tea Research Association, discusses a standards update to better align good practices with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Growers worldwide adhere to the Tocklai Tea Research Institute’s Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) standards. Introduced in September, the new standards will be fully implemented in January 2023.
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AVPA Names Teas of the World Winners
Tea News for the week ending October 21
Podcast Episode 89
Contest entries increased by 21% to more than 300, including several from less well-known tea-growing origins
Competitors earned 25 Gourmet Gold, 36 Silver, and 34 Bronze medals last week in Paris’s 5th Teas of the World International Contest. The competition awarded 95 medals in two broad categories: Monovarietal Teas and Infusions, Blends, and Scented Teas. Taiwan collectively earned eight of 17 gold medals in the Camellia Sinensis categories. Chinese growers earned four gold medals, followed by Vietnam with two.
Click to view Monovarietal Winners | Infusions and Blends Winners
| India Lifts Tea Blending Ban
Tea tensions between Nepal and India eased somewhat this week as India lifted a ban on blending Nepali tea imports with domestically grown Darjeeling.
| Low Green Leaf Prices Distress Assam Smallholders
Growers on small tea farms in Assam must now pay wages equal to those at the largest commercial gardens. In August, the Assam government announced a 27 rupee increase in the minimum daily wage to 232 rupees. Workers, mainly women, who pluck 24 kilos of tea (about 50 pounds a day) will now earn about 9.5 rupees for every kilo plucked. Read this in-depth report by Assam correspondent Roopak Goswami.
| PLUS Nishchal Banskota, the founder of the Nepal Tea Collective, shares his vision of a public benefit corporation that shifts the focus to creating value for every stakeholder in tea – not just shareholders.
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Dietary Recommendations for Flavanols Found in Tea
Tea News for the week ending October 14
Podcast Episode 88
Consuming 400-600 ml of Flavan-3-ols May Reduce the Risk of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Following years of discussion, nutrition researchers published the first intake recommendations for a bioactive compound and are now pressing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to add plant-based flavanols to their dietary recommendations due to their significant health benefits.
| Colombo Tea Prices Reach an All-Time High
| India Rolls Out a Digital Retail Network for Small Grocers
| PLUS Tea growers in Kumaon, India, turn to Young Mountain Tea founder Raj Vabel to finance the construction of a farmer-owned tea processing facility large enough to sustain a village of several hundred workers.
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Kenya to Invest in National Tea Brand
Tea News for the week ending October 7
Podcast Episode 87
Kenya’s New President Announces Investment in Value Addition for Tea Exports
President Ruto makes value addition in tea exports a priority and announces a new public-privately funded tea processing and packaging facility in Dongo Kundu, Mombasa
| Euromonitor Report Advises Retailers to Target Customers by Type
| Lipton to Launch a Hard Tea Brand in 2023
| PLUS Peris Mudida, chief executive officer of the newly re-established Kenya Tea Board in Nairobi, shares her vision and describes the tea board’s mandate to regulate, sustainably develop, and promote the tea sub-sector.
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Per Capita Tea Consumption Rises to 800 Grams
Tea News for the week ending September 30
Podcast Episode 86
Global Tea Demand Rising Steady at a Quick Pace
In London, the International Tea Committee revises the per capita benchmark globally to an average of 800 grams, noting a 113% increase in tea consumption during the past 20 years.
| Parcel Carriers Hike Rates as Delivery Demand Declines
| Tea Drinkers Experience Lower Risk of Diabetes
| PLUS Meet Padmanabhan Subramaniam, a remarkable tea farmer from the Nilgiris whose Facebook series “Knowledge Sharing is Caring” showcases farmers’ successes and achievements.
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FAO Report: Sustainable Ag Stalled
Tea News for the week ending September 23
Podcast Episode 85
UN Agriculture SDG Faces Setbacks
Sustainability remains a priority and is trending, but the implementation of the UN FAO’s Agriculture goals has been greatly hampered by war, COVID-19, and climate change
| Tea Relief for Pakistan
| MK Shah Exports vs. Outsider in Bidding Contest for McLeod Russel India
| PLUS PLUS Jami Lewchik discusses TAZO’s long-term ambition to transform its products and the brand’s business operations into a regenerative approach.
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Stubborn Inflation Nudges US Economy Toward Recession Cliff
Tea News for the week ending September 16
Podcast Episode 84
Tea Sales Slow Online
Tea brands should brace for a downturn as core inflation increased this month, undermining consumer confidence.
| Starbucks Announces a Retail Renaissance
| Orthodox Tea Exports Fall Short of Demand
| PLUS Hayleys MD Roshan Rajadurai discusses how Sri Lankan plantations adapted and continue to produce tea during the country’s worst economic crisis.
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There’s Ample Tea for Sanctioned Russians
Tea News for the week ending September 9
Podcast Episode 83
Russia’s Domestic Tea Brands Close the Sanctions Gap
| Six months after the US and EU imposed sanctions, the tea aisles in Russian grocery stores display few European brands, but the shelves are not bare.
| Kenya’s Tea Industry Suffers Collateral Damage Due to Sanctions
| Tata Consumer Products is on the Hunt
| PLUS A conversation with Kevin Gascoyne on the Evolution of Experiential Retail
evident in the reimagined and remodeled Camellia Sinensis tea house in Montreal. Gascoyne, a partner in the venture, says, “Our stores have always offered options to smell the tea, but we wanted to capture that special tasting moment and offer the possibility to take it further.”
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China Heatwave Deadly to Tea and Man
Tea News for the week ending September 2
Podcast Episode 82
China Heat Wave
| China’s Summer Tea Yields Decline Sharply, Autumn Teas in Jeopardy
| Bangladesh Tea Workers End Nationwide Strike
| Study Shows Tea Drinkers Live a Little Longer
| PLUS Alan Lai, founder, and CEO of ProfilePrint, describes how the company’s prescriptive and predictive digital food analyzer distills sensory data from plant-based samples in seconds, creating a digital fingerprint that describes the quality, origin, and composition of tea.
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Peak Holiday Season Predictions
Tea News for the week ending August 19
Podcast Episode 81
| Experts Anticipate Holiday eTailing to Top $1 Trillion
| Bangladesh Tea Workers Strike Nationwide
| Green Tea is Good for the Gut
| PLUS Together for H2OPE | Numi Organic Tea is partnering with two organizations, Waves for Water and MPOWERD, to raise $1 million to provide clean, safe drinking water and solar-powered lights and charging devices for up to 550,000 displaced Ukrainians.
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TAZO Tea Embraces Regenerative Organic
Tea News for the week ending August 12
Podcast Episode 80
| Ingredients in Four TAZO Reformulations are Verified Regenerative
| Tea Labor Unrest Escalates in Bangladesh
| Canada Requires “High In” Front-of-Pack Nutrition Warning Labels
| PLUS Cold-Brewed Calm in a Can | Equitea co-founder Quentin Vinnie discusses three new condition-specific canned, cold-brewed tea blends to ease anxiety and depression, improve focus, and calm young people coping with ADHD.
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Podcast Episode 79
India Considers Tough Import Restrictions for Nepal Tea
Tea News for the week ending August 5
| India and Nepal both Want to Review and Revise their 1950 Friendship Treaty
| IMF Bailout Talks with Sri Lanka to Resume
| Kenya’s Ag Minister Reverses the Government’s Position Favoring Mechanization
| PLUS Aasha Bhandari, international trade and promotion executive at HIMCOOP, the Himalaya Tea Producers Co-operative, describes how Asia’s enthusiasm for golden tips powered Nepalese tea producers through the pandemic.
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Podcast Episode 78
Generation Z and Leisurely Tea
Tea News for the week ending July 29
| Survey: Gen Z Describes Post-COVID Yearning for Quieter Activities
| Retail Frontline Workers Exhausted and Underappreciated
| India’s Tea Employment Plateau
| PLUS Emilie Jackson, founder of Emilie’s French Teas in Kansas City, Missouri, discusses the ongoing evolution of specialty retail at independent shops and tearooms.
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Podcast Episode 77
Bypassing Sanctions is Benefitting India’s Tea Industry
Tea News for the week ending July 22
| Indian Tea Exports to the Russian Federation in April were up 19%
| Reinvention is Routine at Starbucks
| South Africa Rooibos Industry Makes First Payout to Indigenous Communities
| PLUS Niraj de Mel, Sri Lanka’s newly appointed tea board chair, is rallying tea industry stakeholders in the face of formidable challenges.
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Podcast Episode 76
The Tea Industry’s Critical Role in Saving Sri Lanka
Tea News for the week ending July 15
| Tea is Sri Lanka’s Reliable Source of Foreign Cash
| India’s Monsoon Rainfall Exceeds 2021 Totals
| Vancouver Hosts Canada’s Biggest Bubble Tea Festival
| PLUS More than a Medal, the 5th Edition of the Teas of the World International Contest is underway. Tea producers from around the world are invited to submit entries to AVPA, the Agency for the Valorization of Agricultural Products. Samples are due in Paris on Aug. 1.
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Podcast Episode 75
Ekaterra Names New Management Team
Tea News for the week ending July 8
| Nathalie Roos is Now CEO of the World’s Largest Tea Company
| Coca-Cola Launches a Bottled Herbal Tea Line in China
| A Tea-Scented Perfume Wins a Prestigious Art and Olfaction (A+OA) Award
| PLUS Tea Book Club founder Kyle Whittington reviews The Teabowl: East and West, by Dr. Bonnie Kemske, a ceramic artist, curator, and long-time student of the Japanese tea ceremony.
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Podcast Episode 74
China Eases Travel Restrictions
Tea News for the week ending July 1
| Mandatory Quarantine for Visitors to China Reduced to 7 Days
| Sri Lanka Crisis Worsens Greatly Impairing Tea Production
| Sustainability Survey Reveals the Tea Industry’s Cautious Optimism
| PLUS The high incidence of fatal encounters among tea workers interacting with elephants, leopards, and snakes in the vast tea estates of Assam, is a concern that led two Goodricke Group senior managers – who are avid wildlife photographers – to capture animal behavior as situational awareness is critical in avoiding human-animal conflicts. Click to listen.
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Podcast Episode 73
Tea Retailers Brace for Recession
Tea News for the week ending June 24
| Indicators signal global downturn already pressuring retail
| Kenya Tea Prices Rebound, Smallholders Anticipate Big July Bonus
| Pakistan Asks Citizens to Cut Back on Tea
| PLUS Millennia Tea in New Brunswick, Canada sells raw tea leaves as food. The leaves are washed, chopped, formed into cubes, and frozen to be brewed as fresh green tea or blended in smoothies.
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Podcast Episode 72
Bottled Tea is Bouncing Back
Tea News for the week ending June 10
| Ready-to-drink teas in the US grew to $8 billion in 2021
| Honest Tea Co-Founder Seth Goldman Will Launch a Rival Tea Brand
| Tea Parcels Contribute to Record Carrier Volume
| PLUS Teaching Tea Teachers Suzette Hammond, founder of Chicago-based Being Tea, describes an expanded eight-month course on how to be a brilliant tea educator.
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Podcast Episode 71
Food Safety in the Spotlight
Tea News for the week ending June 3
| India Cracks Down on Teas that Fail Food Safety Standard
| Tea Bushes Globally are Taking a Beating this Spring Due to Climate Change
| UK Tea Academy Announces “The Leafies” a Whole Leaf Tea Competition
| PLUS On its 6th Anniversary Tea Journey magazine announces a new portal for tea professionals and enthusiasts and surveys readers on their needs and preferences.
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Podcast Episode 70
Honest Tea to be Discontinued
Tea News for the week ending May 27
| Coca-Cola Discontinues the Iconic Honest Tea Brand
| FAO: Embracing Sustainable Agriculture is Essential for Tea Smallholders
| Starbucks Exits the Russian Market after 15 years, closing 130 locations
| PLUS On the northern shores of Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada, Anishinaabe tea blenders of the First Nation’s Obijwe clan combine locally harvested wild rice with imported Japanese sencha to create roasted wild rice known as Manoomin Cha, a version of genmaicha.
Caption: Denise Atkinson and Marc Bohémier introduce their North American version of genmaicha.
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Podcast Episode 69
Let’s All Celebrate International Tea Day
Tea News for the week ending May 20
| UN FAO Hosts International Tea Day Webcast | Register
| Tea Day Sofa Summit is on May 23
| Global Instability is Suppressing East African Tea Prices
| PLUS Good Earth is celebrating its 50th Anniversary with the revival of two beloved teas.
Caption: Sneha Balasubramaniam, Head of Marketing and Innovation at Tata Consumer Products
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Podcast Episode 68
Value Surges as Tea Production Slows in China
Tea News for the week ending May 13
| China’s tea value increased by $4.4 billion to $43.2 billion in 2021
| International Tea Day is May 21
| Sofa Summit is on May 23
| PLUS Yunomi.Life founder Ian Chun discusses Japan’s resurgent tea export market and the remarkable story of the record-setting two-million-yen hand-rolled green tea.
Caption: Ian Chun
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Podcast Episode 67
India Resumes Tea Shipments to the Russian Federation
Tea News for the week ending May 6
| Exporters Seek to Bypass US and EU Sanctions
| COVID Surge Makes Tea Packing Unpredictable
| Special Report: Beyond Tea Cuisine
| PLUS Tea Retail Powers Perception | South Asia Editor and Producer Aravinda Anantharaman concludes a two-part series on Realigning the Marketing of Indian Tea
Podcast Episode 66
Health Symposium Reveals a Plethora of Science-based Benefits of Tea
Tea News for the week ending Apr. 29
| Tea Health Research Reveals Results from Suggestive to Compelling
| COVID-Influenced Consumer Behaviors Present New Opportunities for the Tea Industry
| Sri Lanka Tea Exports Decline 10%
| PLUS South Asia Editor and Producer Aravinda Anantharaman begins a two-part series on Realigning the Marketing of Indian Tea.
Episode 65
Logistics and Weather Slow China’s Tea Harvest
Tea News for the week ending Apr. 22
| Lockdowns Delay Delivery of China’s Early Harvest
| The Crisis in Sri Lanka Worsens
| Shizuoka Hand-Rolled Tea Brings Record Price at Auction
| PLUS founder Jane Pettigrew describes the remarkable evolution of the UK Tea Academy into an innovative global tea education resource that has emerged from the chaos of COVID-19.
Episode 64
The Heightened Urgency of Earth Day 2022
Tea News for the week ending Apr. 15
| Now is the Time to Invest in Our Planet
| Smallholders Now Own Rwanda’s Largest Tea Factory
| Mombasa Tea Auction Completes its Switch to Digital
| PLUS Ukraine’s only tea garden is producing tasty oolongs from cold-resistant plants that have survived decades of heavy snow during long winters at temperatures as low as 26 degrees below zero Celsius.
Episode 63
A Realignment of the Orthodox Tea Supply Chain is Underway
Tea News for the week ending Apr. 8
| A Global Recession Looms
| Assam to Open First High Schools for Children of Tea Workers
| PLUS The latest installment in Frugal Innovations features Varun, a device to recirculate exhaust from tea dryers named after the Hindu God of Wind.
Episode 62
Sri Lanka’s Tea Harvest is Under Duress
Tea News for the week ending Apr. 1
| Export Earnings Are Down 4.5% as Sri Lanka Reports Lowest Yield in 13 years
| China Faces a Qing Ming Quandary Due to COVID-19
| PLUS Listen to why Sri Lanka is Pursuing a Geographical Indication for its 150-year-old Ceylon tea brand
Episode 61
American Consumers say The Worst of the Pandemic has Passed
Tea News for the week ending Mar. 25
| Expect Strong Venture Capital Support for Food & Beverage in 2022
| Join Tea Biz “On The Floor” at the World Tea Conference + Expo
| PLUS Listen to how the Boba Guys are Building a Gateway to Tea
Episode 60
Russia and India Pursue Sanction Workarounds for Tea
Tea News for the week ending Mar. 18
| Teacups are in No Danger of Running Dry in Russia
| A Tea Party at the Top of the World
| 20th Anniversary World Tea Expo Opens Monday in Las Vegas
| PLUS Rajiv Lochan on the Rise of India’s New Tea-Growing Regions
Episode 59
Beverage Multinationals Suspend Operations in Russia
Tea News for the week ending Mar. 11
| Payment Concerns Further Disrupt Tea Supply Chain
| Once Unleashed, Sanctions Have an Unpredictable Bite
| Extreme Winter Transitions to a Gentle Spring
| PLUS ITC Chair Ian Gibbs Discusses the Impact of the Ukraine Crisis on Global Tea Trade
Episode 58
Russian Invasion Roils Tea Trade
Tea News for the week ending Mar. 4
| Sanctions and Uncertainty Halt Tea Shipments
| Duncans Troubled Tea Estates are Bought out of Bankruptcy
| How the Pandemic Transformed Tea Tourism, a TEAIN22 Forecast
| PLUS Tea Trader Anil Cooke Explains Sri Lanka’s Response to Tea Market Turmoil
Episode 57
FAO Says Tea Can Transform Agrifood System Globally
Tea News for the week ending Feb. 25
| FAO: Tea Industry Can Help Transform the Global AgriFood System
| Domestic Demand Drives Bangladesh’s Surge in Tea Production
| Advances in Health & Welfare, a TEAIN22 Forecast
| PLUS Taster Extraordinaire Mike Bunston Describes His First Bubble Tea
Episode 56
Tea Consumption Regains Momentum
Tea News for the week ending Feb. 18
| Tea Consumption Globally is Accelerating as Production Lags
| Hangzhou Launches Digital Authentication for West Lake Longjing
| Tea Acquisitions and Mergers Were Few in 2021, a TEAIN22 Forecast
| PLUS The Cultural Heritage of Yaupon
Episode 55
Nepal Tea Exports Plunge
Tea News for the week ending Feb. 11
| Restaurants Claw Back Toward Normal
| Nepal Tea Exports Plunge
| Tea is a Bit Tepid in Grocery, a TEAIN22 Forecast
| PLUS Brazil Announces a National Celebration of Tea Culture
Episode 54
Finlays’ and Firmenich Partner in Tea and Coffee
Tea News for the week ending Feb. 4
| Finlays and Firmenich Partner in Tea and Coffee
| Japan Tea Exports Rise to New Record
| Nothing is Normal in Logistics, a TEANIN22 Forecast
| PLUS IDH Living Wage Roadmap
Episode 53
ISTA Reveals Global Tea Evaluation Protocols
Tea News for the week ending Jan. 28
| Intestinal Bacteria Tied to Lower COVID-19 Deaths
| Food Inflation Eases a Bit
| Global Panel of ISTA Tasters are Calibrated to Judge Tea Quality
| PLUS Trade and Tariffs Boost Globalization, a TEANIN22 Forecast
Podcast Episode 52
Pandemic Shuffles Tea Export Ranks
Tea News for the week ending Jan. 21
| Kenya’s Sagging Price Floor is Firming Up
| The Pandemic Shuffles Global Tea Export Ranks
| Finlays Includes Tea in its Top Beverage Trends
| PLUS India Realigns and Reinvigorates Tea Sector, a TEANIN22 Forecast
Podcast Episode 51
Draft Tea Act Redefines India Tea Board Role
Tea News for the week ending Jan. 14
| Beyond Regulation: Promotion and Development are India’s New Priority
| Global Tea Harvest Review, a TEANIN22 Forecast
| BOH Malaysia Named Tea Brand of the Year
Podcast Episode 50
India Conducts its First Bharat Tea Auctions
Tea News for the week ending Jan. 7
| India Conducts its First Bharat Tea Auctions
| DNA Disqualifies Five in Lugu Farmers’ Tea Contest
| RTD Tea by Volume Continues a Five-Year Slide, a TEAIN22 Forecast
| PLUS Food as Medicine, 7th Global Tea Initiative Colloquium Keynote by Dr. Nada Milosavljevic, Harvard Medical School
Podcast Episode 49
Omicron Cancels Restaurant Reservations
Tea News for the week ending Dec. 31
| Omicron Cancels Restaurant Reservations
| Foodservice Tea is Still Recuperating, a TEAIN22 Forecast
| Sri Lanka Barters $5 Million a Month in Tea to Settle Iran Oil Debt
| PLUS Managing Tea Mechanization
Podcast Episode 48
Bulk and Specialty Tea Prices Diverge
Tea News for the week ending Dec. 17
| Bulk and Specialty Tea Prices Diverge, a TEAIN22 Forecast
| France to Fund GI Certification of Ceylon Tea
| Sotheby’s Inaugural Tea Auctions Total HKD8 Million
| PLUS Frugal Innovation, Part 2
Podcast Episode 47
Tea Prices to Increase in 2022
Tea News for the week ending Dec. 10
| Forecasters Predict Higher Tea Prices in 2022
| As Holiday Orders Ease, a Delivery Crisis Emerges
| Germans Set Tea Consumption Record Despite Lockdowns
| PLUS Frugal Innovation, Part 1
Podcast Episode 46
Q|A Ekaterra CEO John Davison
Tea News for the week ending Dec. 3
| Ekaterra Tea CEO John Davison Gets Underway
| India Steps Up Efforts to Halt Illegal Tea Imports
| Chinese Archaeologists Discover Oldest Tea Yet
Podcast Episode 45: In the Black: Holiday Sales Surge
Tea News for the week ending Nov. 26
| In the Black: Holiday Sales Surge
| CVC Capital Pays $5.1 Billion for Unilever Tea Portfolio
| Weather Stations: A Climate Change Imperative for Tea
Podcast Episode 44: India Initiates Tea Industry Reforms
Tea news for the week ending Nov. 19
| Glasgow Climate Pact Boosts Morale, but Will Momentum Build?
| Drinking Tea Lowers the Risk and Severity of Strokes
| Australian Golden Leaf Awards Return
Podcast Episode 43: The Desirability of Sustainability
Tea News for the week ending Nov. 12
| Ekaterra Tea Pledges to be Net Zero at the UN Convention on Climate Change
| Grocery Shoppers Say They Will Pay More for Sustainably Produced Foods
| Inflation Demonstrates a Troubling Persistence
Episode 42: New Green Tea Longevity Theory
Tea news for the week ending Nov. 5
| A New Theory on How Green Tea Promotes Longevity
| Globally, the Bubble Tea Business is Frothing
| Assam Smallholder Collective Launches National Tea Brand
Podcast Episode 41: Tea Growers Face Climate-Related Financial Disaster
Tea news for the week ending Oct. 29
| Fairtrade International Predicts Climate-Related Financial Disaster
| Chemical Fertilizer Supplies Disrupted
| Holiday Helpers Are in Short Supply
Episode 40: Sri Lanka Abandons Fertilizer Ban
Tea news for the week ending Oct. 22
| Sri Lanka Abandons Fertilizer Ban for Tea
| Kenya’s KTDA Sets a Minimum Price for Auctioned Tea
| AVPA Announces Teas of the World Winners
Episode 39: Food Inflation and Tea
Tea news for the week ending Oct. 15
| Food Inflation and Tea
| Tea Cargo Woes Worsen
| COVID’s Impact on North American Tea Market
Episode 38: Producing Organic Tea at Scale
Tea news for the week ending Oct. 8
| India Announces Tea Industry Reforms
| US Considers Granting Exemptions to Chinese Tariffs
| A Tribute to Nepal Teamaker Morris Orchard
Episode 37: Producing Organic Tea at Scale
Tea news for the week ending Oct. 1
| Kenya Exports Saturate the Black Tea Market
| COVID Depresses Japanese Tea Business in Unique Ways
| Unilever Recognized as Top Food and Agricultural Benchmark
| PLUS Organic Production at Scale at Mozambique’s Cha de Magoma
Episode 36: Holiday Sales Forecast
Tea news for the week ending Sept. 24
| Retail Forecasters Predict Happy Holidays
| Restaurant Reticence is Declining
| Restructured DAVIDsTEA Expands into Pharmacies
Episode 35: Bidders Line Up for Unilever Tea Portfolio
Tea news for the week ending Sept. 17
| Advent International Will Bid $4 Billion for Unilever’s Tea Portfolio
| India Considers Halting Imports of Nepal Tea
| US Sales of Herbal Supplements Reached Record $10 Billion in 2020
Episode 34: Sri Lanka’s Organic Dream
Tea news for the week ending Sept. 10
| Sri Lanka Tea Yields Feared in Decline
| McLeod Russel Settlement Resolves Insolvency
| Bangladesh Tea Sector Returns to Pre-Pandemic Production Levels
Episode 33: Delivery Delays
Tea news for the week ending Sept. 3
| Timely Tea Delivery Facing Troubled Waters
| Tea is Thriving in the Convenience Channel
| Iran Tea Production is Up 25 Percent
Episode 32: Afghan Tea Market Concerns
Tea news for the week ending Aug. 27
| Afghan Tea Market Concerns as Taliban Conquers Kabul
| US Foodservice Recovery Rates Vary Widely by Sector
| Researchers Confirm Heart Healthy Aspects of Tea
Episode 31: Why are Tea Tariffs Still in Place?
Tea news for the week ending Aug. 20
| Delta Delivers Foodservice Setback
| Why are Tea Tariffs Still in Place?
| Victory for Japanese Tea Marathon
Episode 30: India’s Top Tea Producer Faces Bankruptcy
Tea news for the week ending Aug. 13
| McLeod Russell India Expected to Restructure
| Authentication Chemically Verifies Tea Origins
| Soggy Soil Keeps Terracotta Kulhads in Short Supply
Episode 29: Is Tea Divisible?
Tea news for the week ending Aug. 6
| India Tea Auction Mandate Chafes Producers
| Smallholders Seek Higher Raw Leaf Minimums
| Sharetea Ranks 6th Among Fastest-Growing US Retail Chains
Episode 28: Children Benefit from Drinking Tea
Tea news for the week ending July 30
| Research Reveals That Children Benefit from Drinking Tea
| A New Definition for Specialty Tea Gets Refined
| Unilever’s Tea Brand Divestiture is on Pace
Episode 27: Differentiating Speciality Tea
Tea news for the week ending July 23
| New Criteria for Differentiating Specialty Tea
| Walmart Tea is 100% Certified by Rainforest Alliance
| Kenya Sets KTDA Tea Auction Price Minimums
Episode 26: Rooibos Revived
Tea news for the week ending July 16
| Darjeeling is Experiencing a Severe Downturn
| Researchers Discover Expanded Role for Microbes in Tea Making
| Oxfam India Defines Living Wage for Assam Tea Workers
Episode 25: World Tea Expo
Tea news for the week ending July 9
| EU Enforces Single-Use Plastics Ban
| Easing Iranian Sanctions Benefits Tea Trade
| Kenya Tea Auction Prices Plummet
Episode 24: Reviving Darjeeling
Tea news for the week ending July 2
| Logistics Companies Invest to Right the Ship
| Kenya’s Newly Elected KTDA Board Ousts Executives
| Hain Celestial Streamlines its Tea Selections
Episode 23: Adaptogens and Tea
Tea news for the week ending June 25
| Sri Lanka’s Clean Tea Ambitions
| COVID’s Toll on India’s Tea Garden Workers
| Tea Day Auction Yields Record Prices
| Nayuki’s Lucrative IPO
Episode 22: India’s Spectacular Teas
Tea news for the week ending June 18
| Cold Brew is Trending for Iced Tea Month
| DAVIDsTEA in Canada Settles its Debts
| Kenya Exports Surge but Auction Prices Remain Low
Episode 21: Sustainable Wholesale
Tea news for the week ending June 11
| Food Inflation Dampens Enthusiasm Over Rising Tea Prices
| India’s Tea Industry Under Duress
| The European Union Grants Rooibos GI Protection
Episode 20: Japan Tea Marathon
Tea news for the week ending June 4
| Pandemic Powers Organic Sales
| Tea Cafes Cautiously Re-opening
| Tata Expands Direct-to-Customer Range
| Buyers Spend Big at Chinese International Tea Expo
Episode 54: Finlays’ and Firmenich Partner in Tea and Coffee
Tea News for the week ending Feb. 4
| Finlays’ and Firmenich Partner in Tea and Coffee
| Japan Tea Exports Rise to New Record
| Nothing is Normal in Logistics, a TEANIN22 Forecast
| PLUS IDH Living Wage Roadmap
Episode 53: ISTA Reveals Global Tea Evaluation Protocols
Tea News for the week ending Jan. 28
| Intestinal Bacteria Tied to Lower COVID-19 Deaths
| Food Inflation Eases a Bit
| Global Panel of ISTA Tasters are Calibrated to Judge Tea Quality
| PLUS Trade and Tariffs Boost Globalization, a TEANIN22 Forecast
Episode 52: Pandemic Shuffles Tea Export Ranks
Tea News for the week ending Jan. 21
| Kenya’s Sagging Price Floor is Firming Up
| The Pandemic Shuffles Global Tea Export Ranks
| Finlays’ Includes Tea in its Top Beverage Trends
| PLUS India Realigns and Reinvigorates Tea Sector, a TEANIN22 Forecast
Episode 51: Draft Tea Act Redefines India Tea Board Role
Tea News for the week ending Jan. 14
| Beyond Regulation: Promotion and Development are India’s New Priority
| Global Tea Harvest Review, a TEANIN22 Forecast
| BOH Malaysia Named Tea Brand of the Year
Episode 50: India Conducts its First Bharat Tea Auctions
Tea News for the week ending Jan. 7
| India Conducts its First Bharat Tea Auctions
| DNA Disqualifies Five in Lugu Farmers’ Tea Contest
| RTD Tea by Volume Continues a Five-Year Slide, a TEAIN22 Forecast
| PLUS Food as Medicine, 7th Global Tea Initiative Colloquium Keynote by Dr. Nada Milosavljevic, Harvard Medical School
Episode 49: Omicron Cancels Restaurant Reservations
Tea News for the week ending Dec. 31
| Omicron Cancels Restaurant Reservations
| Foodservice Tea is Still Recuperating, a TEAIN22 Forecast
| Sri Lanka Barters $5 Million a Month in Tea to Settle Iran Oil Debt
PLUS: Managing Tea Mechanization
Episode 48: Bulk and Specialty Tea Prices Diverge
Tea News for the week ending Dec. 17
| Bulk and Specialty Tea Prices Diverge, a TEAIN22 Forecast
| France to Fund GI Certification of Ceylon Tea
| Sotheby’s Inaugural Tea Auctions Total HKD8 Million
PLUS: Frugal Innovation, Part 2
Episode 47: Tea Prices to Increase in 2022
Tea News for the week ending Dec. 10
| Forecasters Predict Higher Tea Prices in 2022
| As Holiday Orders Ease, a Delivery Crisis Emerges
| Germans Set Tea Consumption Record Despite Lockdowns
PLUS: Frugal Innovation, Part 1
Episode 46: Q|A Ekaterra CEO John Davison
Tea News for the week ending Dec. 3
| Ekaterra Tea CEO John Davison Gets Underway
| India Steps Up Efforts to Halt Illegal Tea Imports
| Chinese Archaeologists Discover Oldest Tea Yet
Episode 45: In the Black: Holiday Sales Surge
Tea News for the week ending Nov. 26
| In the Black: Holiday Sales Surge
| CVC Capital Pays $5.1 Billion for Unilever Tea Portfolio
| Weather Stations: A Climate Change Imperative for Tea
Episode 44: India Initiates Tea Industry Reforms
Tea news for the week ending Nov. 19
| Glasgow Climate Pact Boosts Morale, but Will Momentum Build?
| Drinking Tea Lowers Risk and Severity of Strokes
| Australian Golden Leaf Awards Return
Episode 43: The Desirability of Sustainability
Tea News for the week ending Nov. 12
| Ekaterra Tea Pledges to be Net Zero at the UN Convention on Climate Change
| Grocery Shoppers Say They Will Pay More for Sustainably Produced Foods
| Inflation Demonstrates a Troubling Persistence
Episode 42: New Green Tea Longevity Theory
Tea news for the week ending Nov. 5
| A New Theory on How Green Tea Promotes Longevity
| Globally the Bubble Tea Business is Frothing
| Assam Smallholder Collective Launches National Tea Brand
Episode 41: Tea Growers Face Climate-Related Financial Disaster
Tea news for the week ending Oct. 29
| Fairtrade International Predicts Climate-Related Financial Disaster
| Chemical Fertilizer Supplies Disrupted
| Holiday Helpers Are in Short Supply
Episode 40: Sri Lanka Abandons Fertilizer Ban
Tea news for the week ending Oct. 22
| Sri Lanka Abandons Fertilizer Ban for Tea
| Kenya’s KTDA Sets a Minimum Price for Auctioned Tea
| AVPA Announces Teas of the World Winners
Episode 39: Food Inflation and Tea
Tea news for the week ending Oct. 15
| Food Inflation and Tea
| Tea Cargo Woes Worsen
| COVID’s Impact on North American Tea Market
Episode 38: Producing Organic Tea at Scale
Tea news for the week ending Oct. 8
| India Announces Tea Industry Reforms
| US Considers Granting Exemptions to Chinese Tariffs
| A Tribute to Nepal Teamaker Morris Orchard
Episode 37: Producing Organic Tea at Scale
Tea news for the week ending Oct. 1
| Kenya Exports Saturate the Black Tea Market
| COVID Depresses Japanese Tea Business in Unique Ways
| Unilever Recognized as Top Food and Agricultural Benchmark
| PLUS Organic Production at Scale at Mozambique’s Cha de Magoma
Episode 36: Holiday Sales Forecast
Tea news for the week ending Sept. 24
| Retail Forecasters Predict Happy Holidays
| Restaurant Reticence is Declining
| Restructured DAVIDsTEA Expands into Pharmacies
Episode 35: Bidders Line Up for Unilever Tea Portfolio
Tea news for the week ending Sept. 17
| Advent International Will Bid $4 Billion for Unilever’s Tea Portfolio
| India Considers Halting Imports of Nepal Tea
| US Sales of Herbal Supplements Reached Record $10 Billion in 2020
Episode 34: Sri Lanka’s Organic Dream
Tea news for the week ending Sept. 10
| Sri Lanka Tea Yields Feared in Decline
| McLeod Russel Settlement Resolves Insolvency
| Bangladesh Tea Sector Returns to Pre-Pandemic Production Levels
Episode 33: Delivery Delays
Tea news for the week ending Sept. 3
| Timely Tea Delivery Facing Troubled Waters
| Tea is Thriving in the Convenience Channel
| Iran Tea Production is Up 25 Percent
Episode 32: Afghan Tea Market Concerns
Tea news for the week ending Aug. 27
| Afghan Tea Market Concerns as Taliban Conquers Kabul
| US Foodservice Recovery Rates Vary Widely by Sector
| Researchers Confirm Heart Healthy Aspects of Tea
Episode 31: Why are Tea Tariffs Still in Place?
Tea news for the week ending Aug. 20
| Delta Delivers Foodservice Setback
| Why are Tea Tariffs Still in Place?
| Victory for Japanese Tea Marathon
Episode 30: India’s Top Tea Producer Faces Bankruptcy
Tea news for the week ending Aug. 13
| McLeod Russell India Expected to Restructure
| Authentication Chemically Verifies Tea Origins
| Soggy Soil Keeps Terracotta Kulhads in Short Supply
Episode 29: Is Tea Divisible?
Tea news for the week ending Aug. 6
| India Tea Auction Mandate Chafes Producers
| Smallholders Seek Higher Raw Leaf Minimums
| Sharetea Ranks 6th Among Fastest-Growing US Retail Chains
Episode 28: Children Benefit from Drinking Tea
Tea news for the week ending July 30
| Research Reveals That Children Benefit from Drinking Tea
| A New Definition for Specialty Tea Gets Refined
| Unilever’s Tea Brand Divestiture is on Pace
Episode 27: Differentiating Speciality Tea
Tea news for the week ending July 23
| New Criteria for Differentiating Specialty Tea
| Walmart Tea is 100% Certified by Rainforest Alliance
| Kenya Sets KTDA Tea Auction Price Minimums
Episode 26: Rooibos Revived
Tea news for the week ending July 16
| Darjeeling is Experiencing a Severe Downturn
| Researchers Discover Expanded Role for Microbes in Tea Making
| Oxfam India Defines Living Wage for Assam Tea Workers
Episode 25: World Tea Expo
Tea news for the week ending July 9
| EU Enforces Single-Use Plastics Ban
| Easing Iranian Sanctions Benefits Tea Trade
| Kenya Tea Auction Prices Plummet
Episode 24: Reviving Darjeeling
Tea news for the week ending July 2
| Logistics Companies Invest to Right the Ship
| Kenya’s Newly Elected KTDA Board Ousts Executives
| Hain Celestial Streamlines its Tea Selections
Episode 23: Adaptogens and Tea
Tea news for the week ending June 25
| Sri Lanka’s Clean Tea Ambitions
| COVID’s Toll on India’s Tea Garden Workers
| Tea Day Auction Yields Record Prices
| Nayuki’s Lucrative IPO
Episode 22: India’s Spectacular Teas
Tea news for the week ending June 18
| Cold Brew is Trending for Iced Tea Month
| DAVIDsTEA in Canada Settles its Debts
| Kenya Exports Surge but Auction Prices Remain Low
Episode 21: Sustainable Wholesale
Tea news for the week ending June 11
| Food Inflation Dampens Enthusiasm Over Rising Tea Prices
| India’s Tea Industry Under Duress
| The European Union Grants Rooibos GI Protection
Episode 20: Japan Tea Marathon
Tea news for the week ending June 4
| Pandemic Powers Organic Sales
| Tea Cafes Cautiously Re-opening
| Tata Expands Direct-to-Customer Range
| Buyers Spend Big at Chinese International Tea Expo
Episode 19: Himalaya Tea Opportunity
Tea news for the week ending May 28
| Tea History Collection Unveiled
| Indian Commodities Logjam
| THIRST Undertakes a Human Rights Analysis in Tea
| A Series of Major Quakes Rattle Yunnan
Episode 18: International Tea Day
Tea news for the week ending May 21
| Assam Forbids Tea Workers to Isolate at Home
| Nepal’s First Flush Delayed
| Kagoshima May Soon Outproduce Shizuoka
| Hawaii Tea Harvest Report
Episode 17: The Tranquility of Tea
Tea news for the week ending May 14
| Kenya is Becoming Unbearably Hot for Tea
| Brexit Disrupts UK Tea Trade
| Colombo Tea Auction Transformed
Episode 16: Are Tea Auctions Still Relevant?
Tea news for the week ending May 7
| Dry Weather Worsens in Assam
| COVID Wave Sweeps Over Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh
| Are Tea Auctions Still Relevant?
| Major Grocery Chains to Carry Flash-Frozen Tea Leaves
Hear the Headlines | Seven-Minute Tea News Recap
Episode 15: Steadfast Darjeeling Continues to Evolve
Tea news for the week ending April 30
| Mombasa to Expand Tea Auctions to Five Days a Week
| Spiking Costs Trigger Russian Tea Price Increases
| A 6.4 Quake Shakes Assam, Factory Damage is Minor
| Vahdam Tea Mobilizes Emergency COVID Aid for India
Episode 14: Earth Day Takes on New Urgency
Tea news for the week ending April 23
| Earth Day Takes on New Urgency
| Restaurants are Rebounding
| World Tea Expo Co-Locates with The Nightclub & Bar Show in Las Vegas
| Bubble Tea Boba is Languishing at Sea
Hear the Headlines | Seven-Minute Tea News Recap
Episode 13: Afternoon Tea Re-Imagined
Tea news for the week ending April 16
| India Surpasses Brazil as the World’s COVID Hotspot
| The Global Tea Initiative at UC Davis Hosts its Second Virtual Colloquium
| Tea Imports Spike in Pakistan
| Tea Masters Cup Names Champions in Moscow
Episode 12: Awakening a Sleeping Giant
Tea news for the week ending April 9
| A Sparkling Future for Fizzy Tea
| Bubble Tea Drinkers Froth Over Drinking Straw Ban
| Vahdam Tea Partners with Goodricke Group
| Starbucks Introduces Reusable Rent-a-Cup
Episode 11: Clipper Races Reborn
Tea news for the week ending April 2
| Suez Ship-jam Delays Tea Deliveries
| Tea Aisle Sales Stand Out in Grocery
| Tea Retail Realignment Underway
| Camellia Sinensis Closes Emery Teahouse
Episode 10: Certification Shortfalls
Tea news for the week ending March 26
| India High Court Reverses Assam Tea Worker Wage Increase
| Kenyan Tea Factory Elections Suspended
| Study Finds Growers Adapting to Climate Change
Episode 9: Pandemic Pivot
Tea news for the week ending March 19
| US Restaurant Rescue Funds Total $28.6 Billion
| EU Reviews Pesticide Rules
| Tea Theaflavin Inhibits Coronavirus Replication
| PLANT-AG is a $9 Billion Startup that Promises Field-to-Plate Traceability
Episode 8: Japan’s Resiliency and Resolve
Tea news for the week ending March 12
| First Flush Harvest Underway
| Introducing Weekly Tea Price Report
| Tea Relaxes Walls of Human Blood Vessels
| Celebrating the Green with Matcha
Episode 7: Differentiating Tea by Terroir
Tea news for the week ending March 5
| Brand relevance in chaotic times
| Nepal announces tea traceability project
| The Danish Tea Association merges with the European Speciality Tea Association
| YELP! names a tea house to its list of Top 100 Places to Eat in America
Episode 6: Wild Artisanal Tea
Tea news for the week ending February 26
| Retail Sales thawed in January
| Restaurant Reticence Persists
| Kenya’s Export Earnings Surged in 2020
| Assam Increases Daily Wages by 30% for Tea Workers
Hear the Headlines | Seven-Minute Tea News Recap
Episode 5: Small Enterprise marketing
Tea news for the week ending February 19
| Sri Lanka Launches Expansive Ceylon Tea Promotion
| Green Tea Cancer-Fighting Breakthrough
| Lipton IPO Likely in 2021
| Tea Tourism Stirs from Pandemic-Induced Slumber
Hear the Headlines | Seven-Minute Tea News Recap
Episode 4: Tea Sommelier Certification
Tea news for the week ending February 12
| Hard Tea Packs a Punch
| India Earmarks Worker Subsidies for Women and Children
| FDA Warns Companies to Stop Misleading COVID-19 Product Claims
Hear the Headlines | Seven-Minute Tea News Recap
Episode 3: Is the Tea Plantation Model Still Viable?
Tea news for the week ending February 5
| Shipping Container Shortage Threatens Timely Tea Deliveries
| Kenya High Court Strikes Down Prohibitions to Mechanical Harvesting
| Bombs Away! Tea Bombs Encased in Confectionary Get Rave Reviews
Hear the Headlines | Seven-Minute Tea News Recap
Episode 2: DAVIDsTEA Turnaround
Tea news for the week ending January 29
| CEO Sarah Segal: DAVIDsTEA’s Remarkable Transformation
| Companies Introducing Many Condition-Specific Tea Blends
| Canadian Tea Sales Slow
| Britons Increased Tea Intake by 17% in 2020
Hear the Headlines | Seven-Minute Tea News Recap
Episode 1: Global Tea Colloquium
Tea news for the week ending January 22
| UC Davis Tea Colloquium
| Sales Declined 24% at US Coffee Shops
| Survey Finds Consumes Feel “Centered” Drinking Tea
| Kenyan Parliament Re-Establishes Tea Board
Hear the Headlines | Seven-Minute Tea News Recap
