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Friday Roundtable: Earl Grey
Friday Roundtable is a series of discussions and informal polls exploring aspects of the business that tea professionals don’t frequently consider. In this inaugural Roundtable our focus is Earl Grey. To start things off, we spent some time talking with Ahmed Rahim, Co-founder and CEO of Oakland, Calif.-based Numi Tea; David Barenholtz, CEO of American Tea Room…
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Need to Know (August 26, 2013)
What beverage professionals need to know to start the week. Tea trade in the Middle East is disrupted again by Egyptian unrest and harvest challenges in Iran compound that countries ability to meet domestic needs. Protests for a political home for the Nepali-speaking Gorka in the far northern portion of West Bengal, India continue to…
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Need to Know (Aug. 19, 2013)
What you need to know to start the week. Origin DARJEELING, India – An economic blockade of tea will expand this week to include timber as the Gorkhaland Joint Action Committee (GJAC) seeks official recognition of a state to be carved from Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts. The five-day protest that began Aug. 19 will slow…
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Chambre De Sucre
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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…
