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Tea News Recap | March 15, 2024 Why is First Flush Tea so Tasty? Metabolites | Oversupply Threatens Kenya’s Harvest Windfall | World Tea Expo: An Infusion of Fresh Ideas Opens this Weekend Signup Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

HEAR THE HEADLINES - Why is First Flush Tea so Tasty? Metabolites | Oversupply Threatens Kenya’s Harvest Windfall | World Tea Expo: An Infusion of Fresh Ideas Opens this Weekend Signup | INDIA TEA NEWS - Indian Tea Association and Goodricke Group Name New Heads | Nilgiris' INDCOServe Will Convert Kattabettu Factory into Tea Tourism Hub | GUEST – Annabel Kalmar, founder of Tea Rebellion | FEATU...

FEATURED In January, Shabnam Weber. President of the Tea and Herbal Association of Canada traveled to Guwahati, Assam, as one of 44 country delegates at the recently concluded 25th Session of the United Nations FAO Intergovernmental Group on Tea (IGG Tea). During the past two years, as co-chair of the Working Group on Tea and Health, she tirelessly promoted the merits of a unified global campaign...

India Tea News | March 8, 2024  Bihar Tea Gets Trademark | Microsoft's Bill Gates Unwittingly Promotes Chai and Chaiwala | Muskan Khanna Earns a Patent for Her Nilgiri Bamboo Tea | Aravinda Anantharaman | Tea Biz Blog | Podcast Ep 158 |  Visit www.tea-biz.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tea News Recap | March 8, 2023 Sailing Through the Tea Doldrums | India Budgets a Big Increase for its Tea Industry | Crude Tea Production in Japan Declined in 2023 | Plus Tea trade associations, research institutes, tea boards, tea brands, and the United Nations Intergovernmental Group on Tea (IGG/Tea) are organizing to collectively promote HASHTAG #TeaPower for International Tea Day, May 21. The...

Episode 158 | March 8, 2024 Visit www.tea-biz.com Sailing Through the Tea Doldrums | India Budgets a Big Increase for its Tea Industry | Crude Tea Production in Japan Declined in 2023 | INDIA TEA NEWS - Bihar Tea Gets Trademark | Microsoft's Bill Gates Unwittingly Promotes Chai and Chaiwala | Muskan Khanna Earns a Patent for Her Nilgiri Bamboo Tea | NEWSMAKER – Shabnam Weber, President of the...

India Tea News: Tata Tea Under Scrutiny | India Mandates Sale of All Grades of Tea Dust at Auction | Atul Asthana Resigns as MD and CEO of the Goodricke Group | Aravinda Anantharaman | Tea Biz Blog | Podcast Episode 157 | Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Increased Food Safety Testing of Indian Tea Reveals 42% Failure Rate | Kenya Tea Growers Report Double-digit Increase in Volume | Kumaon Growers Break Ground on Their Community-Owned Factory Learn more www.tea-biz.com | NEWSMAKER – Joydeep Phukan, Secretary of India’s Tea Research Association and the Principal Officer at the Tocklai Tea Research Center in Jorhat, Assam | FEATU...

Hear the Headlines - Tea Biz Increased Food Safety Testing of Indian Tea Reveals 42% Failure Rate | Kenya Tea Growers Report Double-digit Increase in Volume and Record Payout | Kumaon Growers Break Ground on a Grower Community-Owned Factory | PLUS: Dispelling Tea Gloom and Doom | Joydeep Phukan , the Principal Officer and Secretary of India’s Tea Research Association (TRA), discusses reasons for o...

Joydeep Phukan , the principal officer and Secretary of India’s Tea Research Association (TRA), observes, “There is a lot of negativity in the industry regarding prices and overproduction. Last year, 2023, was a bad year for the global tea industry.” In this context, hosting the 25th FAO Intergovernmental Group on Tea (IGG) session, preceded by a two-day conference celebrating 200 years of Assam t...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Researchers Link Diets that Include Tea Brewed in Teabags to High PFAS Levels | Flavor Enhancing Microbes are at the Root of Quality Tea | Retail Tea Prices Remain High as Inflation Eases | GUEST – Senior Tea Master Lilian Xia, President of the Canada Tea Institute | FEATURED – A hundred and fifty years ago, tea exporters in China faced a dramatic shift in demand due to confli...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Maritime Security Concerns Worsen in Suez and The Red Sea | Rising Operating Costs Close a Third of Uganda’s Tea Factories | Hydration Concerns Motivate Consumer Purchases | NEWSMAKER - Liam Brody, CEO, Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA) | FEATURED – The Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA) was established to measure the massive quantity of precise data and...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – FAO Confederation of Tea Smallholders Will Relocate its Headquarters to India | Iran Tea Imports Plunge by 62% | Economists Predict Soft Commodity Prices Will Stabilize in 2024 | 9 Feb 2024 | NEWSMAKER – Peter Goggi, FAO IGG delegate representing the United States as President of the Tea Association of the USA | FEATURED – Delegates from 44 countries (and 14 official observers...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Lunar New Year Will Boost Consumption and Tea Travel | Nepal Recovers from Foreign Currency Crisis | Pakistan’s Tea Import Spike (Legal and Smuggled) | NEWSMAKER – Tao Wu, co-founder of Tao Tea Leaf, Toronto, Canada | GUESTS - Annabel Kalmar, Tea Rebellion, Franco Li, Chin-Tea, Jean-Daniel Baki, Ryca Tea, Helen Kong, Secret Teatime, Luvinda Delwita, Robert Wilson's Ceylon...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – UN Plans #TeaPower Promotion Targeted to Younger Generations | Tea Advice to Take with a Grain of Salt | China Reports Tea Exports Declined in 2023 NEWSMAKER - Rita Fong, Toronto Tea Festival Social Media Manager and Marketing Director FEATURED – The Toronto Tea Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary this weekend. The Tea Guild of Canada and Tao Tea Leaf are co-founders...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Escalating Missile Attacks Reroute European Bound Tea | Serve Hot Tea in Dry January | Tata Consumer Products Buys Organic India and Capitol Foods | GUEST – Traditional Medicinals Chief Marketing Officer Kristel Corson | FEATURED – Kristel Corson, Chief Marketing Officer at Traditional Medicinals, says medicinal teas have been around for what seems like forever, but herbals ar...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – A Year of Fire and Now, Ice | UC Davis Colloquium: Tea in a Changing World | SYSTM Foods acquires HUMM Kombucha | GUEST – Sharyn Johnston, Founder and CEO of Australian Tea Masters | FEATURED – World Tea Academy is making a fresh start in the new year, unveiling a new website and a refreshed portfolio of online and on-demand classes at lower fees. The curriculum spans the inte...

HEAR THE HEADLINES –  Holiday Retail Cheer Spreads into the New Year | Expanding Value Addition in the Tea Lands | Australian Tea Masters Will Manage World Tea Academy | GUEST –  Tastewise Marketing Communications Manager Lee Brymer | FEATURED –  Lee Brymer explains that human-centered AI enables client companies, including Tata, PepsiCo, Kellogg's, Campbell’s, Mars, Chobani, and McCain, to ca...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Iran Tea Company CEO Implicated in $3.7 Billion Embezzlement Scandal | Shipping Shock: Missile Threat Diverts Suez-Bound Tea Cargo | Malawi Anticipates a Steep Decline in Tea Production | GUEST – Cindi Bigelow, President and CEO, R.C. Bigelow Tea | FEATURED – In 2023, the tea industry bid farewell to several notable figures. In this episode, we pay tribute to David C. Bigelow,...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – UAE Consensus Calls for a Transition Away from Fossil Fuels | AVAP Contest Winners Celebrate at a Paris Awards Gala | Kenya Budgets Expansion of Tea Blending and Packing Capability | NEWSMAKER – QTrade Teas & Botanicals CEO Manjiv Jayakumar | FEATURED – Tea blending is more tech-intensive than ever as the industry responds to consumer demand for more sophisticated tea blen...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – A UN COP28 Declaration is Good News for Tea Smallholders | Los Angeles-based Sun Garden Tea Merges with QTrade Teas & Botanicals | It’s Getting Easier to Attend Chinese Tea Tradeshows | NEWSMAKER – Kevin Gascoyne, partner Camellia Sinensis, Montreal, Canada | FEATURED – In the 1990s and early 2000s, curating a catalog of 200 direct-sourced teas, establishing a small chain...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Tea Overflows Mombasa Auction Sales Warehouses | Black Friday Sales Grew by 7.5% to $9.8 Billion | Sri Lanka Tea Growers Welcome a Strong Year-End Harvest Finish | GUEST – Bruce Richardson, founder of Elmwood Inn Fine Tea and Tea Master for the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum | FEATURED – The year-long commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party counts d...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – AVPA Announces 37 Teas of the World Gold Medal Winners | Coca-Cola India and Luxmi Tea Relaunch Honest Iced Tea | Sri Lanka Urges Smallholders to Increase Planting Density | NEWSMAKER – Eduardo Alberto Molina Anfossi, Head of Tea Experience for P&T (Paper & Tea) Berlin | FEATURED – Tea retailer Paper & Tea has emerged from the pandemic with renewed vigor, opening s...

HEAR THE HEADLINES –  Holiday Consumers Lose Confidence Before Black Friday Sales Begin | Tanzania Debuts New Digital Tea Auction in Dar es Salaam | Tea Barter: Cash Short Egypt Offers Kenya a Blank Check  | NEWSMAKER –  Theophord Cosmas Ndunguru, Director General, Tanzania Smallholders Tea Development Agency, Dar es Salaam  | FEATURED –  As Director General, Theophord C. Ndunguru is the voice of...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Starbucks Announces Ambitious Global Expansion | Record Revenue Powers Plan to Operate 55,000 locations by 2030, with 75% overseas | Bangladesh May Finally Break an Elusive Record | Researchers Challenge the Belief that Adding Cream and Sugar to Tea Impacts Health Outcomes | GUEST – Jason Walker, Marketing Director Firsd Tea, the US subsidiary of Zhejiang Tea Group | FEATURED...