Dan Bolton

Tea Biz

News EN ↓ 482 episodes

The Voice of Origin The Tea Biz Portal is a global resource for sharing commercial data and science-based insights. The portal combines weekly news that most impacts the tea industry from the Tea Biz Podcast and  Blog with Tea Journey, a magazine for tea enthusiasts filled with nuanced articles about the places and people who passionately live a life of tea.  Tea is a fascinating and intricate topic… far more complex than one person can master. Our expertise resides in professionals who know the tea lands from birth and speak the native tongue. We believe that transparency is grounded in authe...

Author

Dan Bolton

Category

News

Podcast website

redcircle.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

Where to listen?

Podcasts in the app Replaio Radio Coming soon

Podcasts are coming to the app soon. Install now and be the first to see a whole new take on podcasts

Get it on Google Play Install for free Android 5M+ downloads · 4.8 rating iOS soon

Episodes

India Tea News | Assam BLF Association Factories Stop Production | The Golden Leaf Competition Underway | Elections Present Darjeeling Planters an Opportunity to Seek Intervention 05.04.2024

India Tea News | April 5, 2024 | Assam BLF Association Factories Stop Production | The Golden Leaf Competition Underway | Elections Present Darjeeling Planters an Opportunity to Seek Intervention Signup http://www.tea-biz.com/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tea News Recap | Certified Organic Handlers Beware of USDA’s Tough New NOP Regulations | Register to Attend Colombo International Tea Convention | Zimbabwe Tea Yields Pressured by El Nino Drought 05.04.2024

Tea News Recap | April 5, 2024 | India Bought-Leaf Factories Resume Tea Processing | Three World Tea Expo 2024 Takeaways | Sustainably Grown Tea is Nears a Quarter of Global Production Signup www.tea-biz.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Ep 162 | India Bought-Leaf Factories Resume Processing | Three World Tea Expo Takeaways | Sustainably Grown Tea is Nears a Quarter of Global Production 05.04.2024

HEAR THE HEADLINES – India Bought-Leaf Factories Resume Tea Processing | Three World Tea Expo 2024 Takeaways | Sustainably Grown Tea is Nears a Quarter of Global Production Signup www.tea-biz.com | INDIA TEA NEWS – Assam BLF Association Factories Stop Production | The Golden Leaf Competition Underway | Elections Present Darjeeling Planters an Opportunity to Seek Intervention | GUEST – Frank Weber,...

It's Time for Japan's Younger Generations to Establish New Trends 29.03.2024

Tea outsells every beverage in Japan. Bottled green teas are far more popular than soda. Hot tea consumption, however, has declined by half from more than a kilo per capita. Loose leaf volume spiked briefly during the pandemic but is now at a seven-decade low. In contrast, overseas demand for Japanese teas set a recent sales record. Today, we have the privilege of talking with Rikko Osaki, an acco...

India Tea News | Bought Leaf Factories Oppose 100% Dust in Auctions | Assam Expects a Big Drop in First Flush Production | HUL Focuses on Assam to Support Tea Industry 29.03.2024

India Tea News | March 29, 2024 | Bought Leaf Factories Oppose 100% Dust in Auctions | Assam Expects a Big Drop in First Flush Production | HUL Focuses on Assam to Support Tea Industry Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tea News Recap | Certified Organic Handlers Beware of USDA’s Tough New NOP Regulations | Register to Attend Colombo International Tea Convention | Zimbabwe Tea Yields Pressured by El Nino Drought 29.03.2024

Certified Organic Handlers Beware of USDA’s Tough New NOP Regulations | Register Now for Discounted Admission to the Colombo International Tea Convention in July | Zimbabwe Tea Yields Pressured by El Nino Drought | Tea News Recap | March 29, 2024 | Signup www.tea-biz.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Ep 161 | Certified Organic Handlers Beware of USDA’s Tough New NOP Regulations | Register Now for July Colombo International Tea Convention | Zimbabwe Tea Yields Pressured by El Nino Drought 29.03.2024

Certified Organic Handlers Beware of USDA’s Tough New NOP Regulations | Register Now for Discounted Admission to the Colombo International Tea Convention in July | Zimbabwe Tea Yields Pressured by El Nino Drought Signup www.tea-biz.com | INDIA TEA NEWS - Bought Leaf Factories Oppose 100% Dust in Auctions | Assam Expects a Big Drop in First Flush Production | HUL Focuses on Assam to Support Tea Ind...

Safeguarding the Right to a Decent Life 22.03.2024

THIRST, The International Roundtable for Sustainable Tea, a non-profit human rights initiative, launched a 3-year human rights impact assessment study in 2022. The study aims to listen to and understand the human rights concerns in the tea sector and bring stakeholders together to seek solutions. We have been following THIRST’s survey from the start, and with Phase 2 now complete, we caught up wit...

NETA Opposes 100% Dust Auction | Spotlight on Safe Tea in 2024 | India to Send Trade Delegation to Iran 22.03.2024

India Tea News | March 22, 2024 | NETA Opposes 100% Dust Auction | Spotlight on Safe Tea in 2024 | India to Send Trade Delegation to Iran Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

World Tea Expo Names Beverage Challenge Winners | Resilient Ukraine Retains Its Taste for Russian Tea | Bogawanthalawa is Certified as the First Climate-Neutral Tea Estate 22.03.2024

Tea News Recap | March 22, 2024 | World Tea Expo Names Beverage Challenge Winners | Resilient Ukraine Retains Its Taste for Russian Tea | Bogawanthalawa is Certified as the First Climate Neutral Tea Estate Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

World Tea Expo Beverage Challenge Winners | Ukraine Retains Its Taste for Russian Tea | Bogawanthalawa is the First Climate-Neutral Tea Estate 22.03.2024

HEAR THE HEADLINES - World Tea Expo Names Beverage Challenge Winners | Resilient Ukraine Retains Its Taste for Russian Tea | Bogawanthalawa is Certified as the First Climate Neutral Tea Estate Signup www.tea-biz.com | INDIA TEA NEWS - NETA Opposes 100% Dust Auction | Spotlight on Safe Tea in 2024 | India to Send Trade Delegation to Iran | NEWSMAKER – Sabita Banerji, CEO, THIRST, The International...

Tea Rebellion: Anatomy of a Purpose-Driven Brand 15.03.2024

Tea Rebellion: Anatomy of a Purpose-Driven Brand | Annabel Kalmar, founder of Tea Rebellion, a small direct-trade single-farm tea venture founded in 2017, joins us today. Her company was certified as a B Corp in September 2022. Annabel describes the DNA of a purpose-driven tea venture and the challenge of changing how tea is traded, marketed, and consumed. The goal is to be a tea brand offering su...

Indian Tea Association and Goodricke Group Name New Heads 15.03.2024

India Tea News | March 15, 2024 | Indian Tea Association and Goodricke Group Name New Heads | Nilgiris' INDCOServe Will Convert Kattabettu Factory into Tea Tourism Hub Signup Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Why is First Flush Tea so Tasty? Metabolites | Oversupply Threatens Kenya’s Harvest Windfall | World Tea Expo Opens this Weekend 15.03.2024

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

Ep 159 | Why is First Flush Tea so Tasty? Metabolites | Oversupply Threatens Kenya’s Harvest Windfall | World Tea Expo Opens this Weekend 15.03.2024

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...

#TeaPower: A Call to Collaborate 08.03.2024

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...

Bihar Tea Gets Trademark 08.03.2024

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

Sailing Through the Tea Doldrums 08.03.2024

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...

Sailing Through the Tea Doldrums | India Budgets Big for Tea | Japanese Crude Tea Harvest Declined in 2023 | 08.03.2024

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 Mandates Sale of Tea Dust at Auction 01.03.2024

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

Tests of Indian Tea Reveals 42% Failure Rate | Kenya Tea Growers Report Double-digit Increase | Kumaon Growers Break Ground on Community-Owned Factory 01.03.2024

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...

Tea News Recap | March 1, 2024 01.03.2024

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...

Dispelling Tea Gloom and Doom 01.03.2024

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...

Diets with Tea Brewed in Teabags Linked to High PFAS Levels | Microbes are at the Root of Quality Tea | Retail Tea Prices Still High as Inflation Eases 23.02.2024

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...

Maritime Security Worsens in The Red Sea | Rising Operating Costs Close a Third of Uganda’s Tea Factories | Hydration Concerns Motivate Consumer Purchases 16.02.2024

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...

Listen to the Tea Biz podcast in Replaio

Radio and podcasts in one app - free, with no sign-up. Install today and do not miss the launch

Get it on Google Play

Replaio is not a podcast publisher; show names, artwork and audio belong to their authors and are distributed through public RSS feeds.