Tea Biz

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...

UK Tea Academy Announces Winners of The Leafies | Rooibos Red Chosen as one of the Top 10 Colors for 2024 | Indian Tea Undergoing FSSAI Safety Analysis | GUEST – Steve Anyango, Managing Director, Nemooneh Iranian Food and Industries | FEATURE INTRO – Tea was first cultivated in what is now Tanzania by German colonists early in the 20th century. Farms were planted high in the Usambara Mountains, a...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Middle East Unrest Heightens Tea Logistics Concerns | Iran Running Short of Tea | Just Ice Tea Raises $14 Million to Expand Distribution | Wagh Bakri Executive Director Parag Desai, 49, Dies Fleeing Stray Dogs | GUEST – Tahira Nizari, co-founder and CEO of the Kazi Yetu Tea Collection | FEATURE INTRO – Tea Biz traveled to Tanzania last week to explore the tropical Usambara tea...

Unilever Kenya Pays Tea Workers Harmed in 2007 Attacks | Tea is Powering Taiwan’s Bottled Beverage Market | Big Tobacco Infuses Rooibos With Nicotine | GUEST – Aravinda Anantharaman, Tea Biz Senior Editor South Asia Assam Celebrates 200 Years of Tea – The story of tea in Assam is fascinating. It dates to antiquity as one of the birthplaces of tea and remains relevant today. Situated in the Brahmap...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Report from the Indian Tea Association Describes Acute Financial Crisis: Auction prices are low, and tea exports are in decline | Tea Awards Season is Underway as Judging Concludes in Major Global Competitions | Online Venture Vahdam Tea Opens its First Brick-and-Mortar Tea Room in Delhi  | NEWSMAKER – Lumbini Tea Valley Managing Director Chaminda Jayawardana | FEATURE INTRO –...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – A Daily Cup of Dark Tea Reduces the Risk of Diabetes: Researchers Demonstrate Tea Helps Control Blood Sugar Levels | Mintel Consulting: Consumers Feel Culpable for Climate Change | Kagoshima Benefits from Diverse Tea Exports | GUESTS – Professor Katharine Burnett, Founder and Director of the Global Tea Institute for Tea Culture and Science at UC Davis, UC Davis Continuing and...

HEAR THE HEADLINES –  Retail Sales Projections are Ho-Hum for the Holidays | Sales growth adjusted for inflation will be in the single digits, the lowest growth rate since the financial crisis | India Abandons Bharat Experiment and Returns to English Tea Auction Rules | UC Davis Tea Institute Launches a Training Program for Tea Professionals  | FEATURE INTRO –  A greater share of revenues from tea...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – New Report Examines the Causes of Gender-based Abuse in Tea | Case Study of James Finlay Kenya following BBC expose | Tea Price Protests in India Continue for Third Week | High Temps Lower Yields of Türkiye’s Black Sea Tea | FEATURE INTRO – This week, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Heritage Committee, meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabi...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Tea in a Flash: PG Tips Introduces 60-Second Tea Bag | Tea Reforms Benefit Kenya Growers | Rapid Growth of Tea Subscription Programs Slows | NEWSMAKER – Joydeep Phukan, Secretary and Principal Officer, India Tea Research Association | FEATURE INTRO – The UN FAO’s Intergovernmental Group on Tea is a forum for consultation and exchange that has provided exceptional market insigh...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Kenya's Nandi County Assembly Considers a 4900pct Tax Increase on 150,000 Acres of Tea Lands | Major Tea Producers All Report Half Year Export Declines | Green Tea Market Growth Accelerates | GUEST – TeaBookClub Founder Kyle Whittington Tea House Recipes to Make at Home – TeaBookClub founder Kyle Whittington describes Easy Leaf Tea by Postcard Teas founder Timothy d’Offay...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Planting Hope Acquires Argo Tea Assets | Foodtech Venture Will Market Tea and Veggies to College Students | Bangladesh Opens a Third Tea Auction Center | Coffee Overtakes Tea Consumption in the UK | NEWSMAKER – Sabita Banerji, Founder and CEO THIRST, The International Roundtable for Sustainable Tea | FEATURE INTRO – THIRST founder and CEO Sabita Banerji is overseeing a three-y...

HEAR THE HEADLINES –  India Tea Board Weighs Auditor Concerns: Additional Resources Needed to Market Tea | Overindulgence and High ABV Tea | India’s Oldest Captive Elephant Dies  | GUEST -   Managing Editor Aravinda Anantharaman  | FEATURE INTRO –  Tea is intricately woven into India’s cultural tapestry. In its latest marketing campaign, Tata Tea Premium acknowledges and elevates several of the In...

HEAR THE HEADLINES –  India Audit Cites Regulatory Shortfalls of Tea Board: More than a third of tea smallholders were not even registered | China Tea Exports Decline as Travel Restrictions Ease | Kenya Tea Production is Up, Exports are Down  | GUESTS –  UKTA Director Jennifer Wood and Jo Selman-Smith, a project manager with the UK Tea Academy  | FEATURE INTRO –  Jennifer Wood, founder of Canton T...