Tea Biz

HEAR THE HEADLINES –   CVC Capital Partners Exploring Sale of Kericho Tea Gardens | Unilever Brands Are Not for Sale | Dunkin’ Will Soon Begin Selling Hard Tea at Select US Locations | A Study of UK Biobank Data Shows Tea May Lower the Risk of Gout | GUEST –  ZhenTea Co-owner Phil Rushworth | FEATURE INTRO –  Phil Rushworth loves adventure camping, canoeing, climbing, and hiking. This week the Ott...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Sustainable Practices are Correlated to Brand Loyalty: Age and income influence consumer loyalty, healthy brand attributes help | JDE Peet’s Will Halt Sales of its Best-Known Tea Brands in Russia | UN Global Peace Council Honors WomenServe Founder Nioma Narissa Sadler | NEWSMAKERS – Anuruddha Gamage, General Manager of Human Relations & Corporate Sustainability at Kelani V...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Kenya’s KTDA Chair Resigns Following Tea Reforms Conference | David Ichoho Later Filed and then Withdrew a Lawsuit Alleging His Resignation was Forced | Nestle Announces Cost-Effective Sugar Reduction Technology | AriZona Unveils a 5% ABV Hard Iced Tea – Monster is next | GUEST – Rajesh Bhuyan, Director of India's Trustea Sustainable Tea Program | FEATURE INTRO – A decade...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Unrelenting Heat is Lowering Tea Yields | Global average air temperatures reach a new high | Herbal Tea Market Growth is Accelerating | Dilmah Tea Founder Merrill J Fernando Passes at 93 | GUEST – Pradeep Kumar Sacitharan, CEO of London-based Donsfield | FEATURE INTRO – Pradeep Kumar Sacitharan is an expert in business development with a passion for assisting online entreprene...

HEAR THE HEADLINES –  Scotland Court Will Hear Kenyan Tea Workers' Lawsuit | The landmark class action was filed against James Finlay Kenya | Market Leading Twisted Hard Tea Doubles Down on ABV | EGCG is a Promising Treatment for Uterine Fibroids  | GUEST –   Lisa Boalt Richardson, Director of the World Tea Academy  | FEATURE INTRO –  World Tea Academy Director Lisa Boalt Richardson joins us t...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Kenyan Convenes National Tea Summit | Kenya Deputy President Promises Action on Lagging Tea Act Reforms | The World Awaits the Hottest Days On Record | Author Horacio Bustos Announces an English Edition of El Té Gourmet Argentino | IN MEMORIAM – David C. Bigelow, former president and CEO of Bigelow Tea | GUEST – Sivanathan Selliah, retired plant manager, now a tour guide at He...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Sri Lanka Restarts $250 Million Tea Barter to Settle Iranian Oil Debt | India Exporters Expect Iran to Resume Tea Orders Halted Last November | Israel Declares Wissotzky Tea a Monopoly | Rohit Jawa Takes Charge at Hindustan Unilever | NEWSMAKER – Ksenia Hleap, Development and Communications Director at AVPA, the Paris-based Agency for the Valorization of Agricultural Products,...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – India’s Tea Board Orders a Review of its Raw Leaf Price-Sharing Formula | Consultancy BDO India has six months to complete an extensive report on cultivation and processing costs | Fast-food Outlets Have Yet to Rollout Boba Nationally | The European Speciality Tea Association Offers Tea Foundation Certificates to Coffee Shop Staff | NEWSMAKER – Dilhan C. Fernando, CEO Dilmah C...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Scrutiny of Tea Supply Chain Intensifies | An online Tea Traceability Tracker permits consumers to compare sustainability policies of tea supply chains | Tea Auction Prices Remain Firm as Inflation Ebbs | DAVIDsTEA is Adding Tea Bars to its Retail Locations | NEWSMAKER – TeaFit founder Jyoti Bharadwaj | FEATURE INTRO – Harvard University researchers report that people who cons...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Thirst Quenching Cold Brewed Teas are Steaming Along | Consumers favor boldly flavored, non-sweetened blends | Kenya’s Costly Tea Crisis | India Tea Association Lists Tea Industry's Most Pressing Concerns | GUEST – Romesh Walpola , Chief Executive Officer of Tea Smallholder Factories, a Division of John Keells Group, Sri Lanka | FEATURE INTRO – This week’s guest is Romesh...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Tea is Experiencing a Melancholy Midyear | Yields are down across the tea lands | China Exports Continue to Expand | Demand for Darjeeling is Down | FEATURE INTRO – Tea Biz traveled to Badulla, Sri Lanka, in early May to participate in a spring harvest ceremony with hundreds of local tea growers. Each carried a ceremonial plate with intricately arranged tea leaves or a small s...

HEAR THE HEADLINES –  Violent Protest Halt Ekaterra Tea Operations | Workers set fire to tea harvesting equipment | China Anticipating Massive COVID Wave | India’s Wagh Bakri Tea to Expand to 200 Tea Lounges by 2026  | NEWSMAKER –  Asia Siyaka Managing Director and CEO Anil Cooke  | FEATURE INTRO –  The world’s 14 public tea auctions account for 77% of global trade. Each year about 1.5 million met...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – International Tea Day Makes a Big Splash | This year’s theme is Bringing People Together Over a Cup of Tea | Receding La Niña Expected to Boost Summer Temps | Catchy TV Campaign Promotes Lipton’s New Hard Tea | NEWSMAKER – Nadia de la Vega, Director of Tea Sustainability and Content at DAVIDsTEA | FEATURE INTRO – Tea Biz travels to Montréal, Quebec, to talk with Nadia de la Ve...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – The Cost of Shipping Tea is Near the Pre-Pandemic Normal and Falling | In May, the Drewery Container Composite Price was $1,741 for a 40-foot container | Andrew Yule Tea Sets Export Record | Market Researchers Predict Nitrogen Infused Tea Will Experience Double-Digit Growth | GUEST – Buddika Dissanyaika, founder of Forest Hill Tea | FEATURE INTRO – Tea Biz travels to Sri Lanka...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Finlays Sells its Kenya Tea Operations to Sri Lanka-based Browns Investments | Nine Finlays estates span 10,300 hectares and employ 10,000 workers | Reaction to India’s Tea Floor Price Proposal is Mixed | World Tea Expo Rebrands as World Tea NEWSMAKER - Guarav Gogoi, founder of Eteakol | FEATURE INTRO – Tea Biz travels to Paris this week to visit with Guarav Gogoi, founder of...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – The Global Dubai Tea Forum Makes a Splendid Return | DMCC Executive Chairman and CEO Ahmed bin Sulayem commits to a schedule of future conferences | South India Planters Name 18 Golden Tea Leaf India Award Winners | The Indian Tea Association Presses for a Tea Price Floor Indexed to Rising Production Costs Borne by Smallholders and Made Leaf Producers | NEWSMAKER - Siân Edward...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – A Billion People Participate in Earth Day Activities | Earth Day Organizers Honor Just Ice Tea Founder Seth Goldman | Iran Snubs India Suppliers as Tea Exports Set Record | Long-Running Drought in Kenya Depresses Tea Yields | NEWSMAKER – Bala Sarda, founder of Vahdam Tea, New Delhi, India | FEATURE INTRO – Tea Biz travels to New Delhi this week to discuss with Vahdam Tea found...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Tea Remains Resilient in Murky Economy | Easing inflation suggests tea will remain resilient during a period of economic uncertainty | DAVIDsTEA Delists from Nasdaq | Teashop Technology at World Tea Expo | GUEST – Amelia Quelas, president of the American Yerba Mate Association (AYMA) | FEATURE INTRO – This week, Tea Biz takes a sip of Yerba Mate with Amelia Quelas, president o...

HEAR THE HEADLINES - Kenya and Sri Lanka exports topped $1 billion in 2022 as devalued currencies led to a strong influx of foreign exchange dollars | Researchers find Tea and coffee may protect against multiple sclerosis | Meteorologists predict an unusually hot summer for India. | Guest Sipping Streams founder and Alaska tea grower Jenny Tse | Feature Tea Biz correspondent Jessica Natale Woollar...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – World Tea Conference + Expo Reunites North America’s Tea Community with Contemporaries from Overseas | The World Tea Expo this week was an energized event focused on normal business concerns following three years of unprecedented disruption | Global Tea Market to Reach $266.7 Billion by 2025 | Germany’s Ronnenfeldt Tea Celebrates 200th Anniversary | FEATURE INTRO – Conversatio...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Tea Harvest Gets an Early Start | Traditional Medicinals Unveils First Certified Biodegradable Tea Wrapper | American Botanical Council Launches a Public Database of Natural Products that Meet Natural Health Science Foundation Standards | Historic Goomtee Estate Bungalow Burns | The 1899 structure took three hours to extinguish, a total loss | NEWSMAKER – Saeed Al Suwaidi, Dir...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Resort and Hotel Developers Submit Proposals to Expand Tea Tourism in Northwest India | The West Bengal Government is Evaluating 16 Projects Valued at $170 Million | TeaTeaMe has launched a beta version of its app for Tea Tourists and Traveling Tea Professionals | Hindustan Unilever Names Rohit Jawa Managing Director and CEO | NEWSMAKER – Yangdup Lama, founder of the Sidecar i...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – World Tea Expo Names “Best of” Award Finalists | Tea Tycoon Competitors Announced | Teaware Manufacturers Adopt Consumer to Manufacturer (C2M) Business Model Pioneered by Fast-Fashion | Study Suggests an EGCG-based Therapy for Treating Alzheimer’s | GUEST – Wendy Weir, founder of Libre Inner Peace | FEATURE INTRO – Tea nourishes and inspires. It is the most ancient of plant-ba...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Pakistan’s Economic Crisis Threatens African Tea Trade | Kenya open to rice for tea barter to release five metric tons of tea stranded in Karachi | Asahi Launches SOU its First New Tea Brand in Decades | Tatcha Skincare Unveils a Virtual Forest Bathing and Meditation Experience | NEWSMAKER – Narendranath Dharmara, an independent strategic and operations consultant in tea and a...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Kenya’s Parliament Orders an Inquiry into Allegations of Sexual Abuse on Tea Plantations | Commentators are calling the investigation the #MeToo moment for tea | Pakistan Tea Imports are Piling Up in Karachi | Several Teas are Among the Top 10 Best-Rated Non-Alcoholic Beverages in the World according to the TasteAtlas | GUEST – TeaBookClub Founder Kyle Whittington | FEATURE IN...