Tea Biz

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Finlays’ and Firmenich Partner in Tea and Coffee | Japan Tea Exports Rise to New Record | Nothing is Normal in Tea Logistics, a TEANIN22 Forecast | PLUS The IDH Roadmap to a Living Wage | NEWSMAKER – Judith Fraats, senior program manager IDH, the sustainable trade initiative | FEATURES – This week, Tea Biz travels to Amsterdam in the Netherlands where Judith Fraats, senior pro...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Intestinal Bacteria Tied to Low COVID Deaths | Food Inflation Eases | Trade and Tariffs Boost Globalization, a TEAIN2022 forecast | PLUS BRÜ Debuts at CES | ISTA Specialty Tea Standards | NEWSMAKER – BRÜ Maker One inventor Bogdan Krinitchko | GUEST – Andrew McNeill, International Specialty Tea Association | FEATURES – This week, Tea Biz travels to Zurich, Switzerland, where BR...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Kenya’s Price Floor is Sagging | Finlays’ Cites Tea in its Top Beverage Trends | The Pandemic Shuffles Tea Export Ranks, a TEAIN22 forecast. | GUEST – Aravinda Anantharaman, Tea Biz India Chief Correspondent India | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to Bengaluru where India Chief Correspondent Aravinda Anantharaman reviews a momentous year for the tea industry in a country...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Draft Tea Act Redefines India’s Tea Board Mission | A Global Tea Harvest Review, a TEAIN22 Forecast | BOH Malaysia Named Tea Brand of the Year | NEWSMAKER – Jason McDonald, tea farmer and founder/CEO of The Great Mississippi Tea Company | GUEST – Kyle Whittington, founder Tea Book Club | FEATURES – This week, Tea Biz travels to the state of Mississippi, where tea farmer and fo...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – India Conducts its First Bharat Tea Auction | DNA Disqualifies Five in Lugu Farmers’ Tea Contest | RTD Tea by Volume Continues a Five-Year Slide, a TEAIN22 Forecast | NEWSMAKER – Dr. Nada Milosavljevic, a Harvard-trained physician and faculty member at Harvard Medical School and founder of the integrative health program at Massachusetts General Hospital. | FEATURES: This week,...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Omicron Cancels Restaurant Reservations | Tea Sales in Foodservice Continue to Decline, a TEAIN22 forecast | Sri Lanka Barters $5 Million a Month in Tea to Settle Iranian Oil Debt | GUEST – Research scientists Nigel Melican, founder Teacraft, and President of the European Speciality Tea Association | FEATURES – This week, Tea Biz travels to the Republic of Ireland to visit Tea...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Bulk and Specialty Tea Prices Diverge, a TEAIN22 Forecast | France to Pay €1 Million to Certify Ceylon Tea | Bids total $8 Million HDK at Sotheby’s Inaugural Tea Auctions | NEWSMAKERS – Shekib Ahmed of Koliabur Tea Estate, Assam, India and Abhijeet Hazarika @TeaSigma | GUEST – Mary Cotterman, founder Mary Cotterman Pottery, Asheville, North Carolina, USA | FEATURES – This week...

| Hear the Headlines ― Economic Forecasters Predict Higher Tea Prices in 2022 | The Rush of Holiday Orders is Easing - Now a Delivery Crisis has Emerged | German Tea Drinkers Set a Consumption Record Last Year Despite Lockdowns | PLUS Frugal Innovation, Part 1 | Guests ― Abhijeet Hazarika, @TeaSigma, Saurav Berlia, LR Group (Berlia Fresh Foods & Beverages) and Shekib Ahmad, managing director K...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Ekaterra Tea Underway | India Steps up Efforts to Halt Illegal Imports | Chinese Archaeologists Discover Oldest Tea Yet | NEWSMAKER – John Davison, CEO ekaterra tea | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to Singapore for a conversation with John Davison, CEO of ekaterra tea, soon to be the largest tea company in the world. Ekaterra is currently a division of Unilever that hous...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – In the Black: Holiday Sales are Surging | CVC Capital Pays $5.1 Billion for Unilever’s Tea Portfolio | A Climate Change Adaptation Essential for Tea | NEWSMAKER – Evy Chen, founder of newly rebranded Evy Tea, Boston, Mass. | GUEST - Kym Cooper, co-founder of East Forged tea in Brisbane, Australia. | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to Brisbane, Australia where East Forged...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Climate Pact Boosts Morale but Will Momentum Build? | Tea Lowers Risk and Severity of Stroke| Golden Leaf Awards Return | NEWSMAKER – Prabhat Bezboruah, Chairman of the Tea Board of India | FEATURES – India’s highest levels of government are reforming the basic structure of agriculture. The intent is to loosen regulations on pricing and storage and to permit direct sales of pr...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Ekaterra Tea Pledges to be Net Zero at the UN Convention on Climate Change | Grocery Shoppers Say they are Willing to Pay for Sustainably Produced Foods | Inflation Demonstrates a Troubling Persistence | NEWSMAKER – Prabhat Bezboruah, Chairman of the Tea Board of India | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to India where the traditional tea plantation model is under regulator...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – A New Theory on How Green Tea Promotes Longevity | Bubble Tea Business is Frothing | Assam Smallholder Collective Launches National Brand | NEWSMAKER – SAMA Tea CEO Michael Parisi, co-found er 100 .co | GUESTS – Rodo Vasilaki at Tofillo Farms, Crete, Greece | Rick Chang manager Xue Jian Oolong Tea, Miaoli, Taiwan | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to Miami, Florida to the...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Fairtrade International Predicts Growers Climate-Related Financial Disaster | Chemical Fertilizer Supplies Disrupted | Holiday Helpers Are in Short Supply | NEWSMAKER – Will Battle, author, consultant, and enthusiast for all things tea. Will trained as a taster in India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, and Malawi and has 20 years of experience sourcing tea. He is the author of “The World Te...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Sri Lanka Abandons Fertilizer Ban for Tea | Kenya’s KTDA Sets a Minimum Price for Auctioned Tea | AVPA Announces Teas of the World Winners | NEWSMAKER – Harkirat ”Harki” Sidhu, Rainforest Alliance India’s Consulting Program Coordinator for Sustainable Landscapes & Livelihoods | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to Calcutta, India for an in-depth conversation with Harkir...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Food Inflation and Tea | Tea Cargo Woes Worsen | COVID Impact on Tea Market | GUEST – Kyle Whittington, TeaBookClub | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz visits London where Kyle Whittington reviews “Puer Tea, Ancient Caravans and Urban Chic” a meticulously researched cultural biography that reveals the intricacies of Pu’er. … and then to Yunnan, China, where ancient tea forests mark...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – India Announces Tea Industry Reforms | US Considers Exemptions to Chinese Tariffs | and a Tribute to Nepal Teamaker Morris Orchard | NEWSMAKER – Hiroshi Takatoh, founder Teatis Tea  | GUEST – Jolene Brewster, founder Jolene's Tea House | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to Alberta, Canada, high in the Canadian Rockies to visit one of several Swiss-inspired tea houses d...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Kenya Exports Saturate the World’s Black Tea Market | COVID Depresses Japanese Tea Business in Unique Ways | Unilever is Recognized as the Top Food and Agriculture Benchmark  | NEWSMAKER – Mohit Agarwal Managing Director of the Asian Tea Group, owners of Cha de Magoma and the Monte Metilile brand  | GUEST – Supply chain and procurementexpert John Snell, principal at NM Tea B,...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Retail Forecasters Predict Happy Holidays | Restaurant Reticence is in Decline  | A Restructured DAVIDsTEA Expands into Pharmacies | NEWSMAKER – Subhasish Borah, Urbanist and Tea Enthusiast, Co-founder Folklore Tea, Guwahati, Assam | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to Guwahati in Assam, India where the co-founders of Folklore Tea engage customers with an unusual level of...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Advent International Will Bid $4 Billion for Unilever’s Tea Portfolio | India Considers Halting Imports of Nepal Tea | Sales of Herbal Supplements in the US Reached a Record $10 Billion in 2020 | NEWSMAKER – Rainforest Alliance Director South Asia Madhuri Nanda  | GUEST – Caroline Giacomin, Ph. D., a physicist at ETH Zürich, Switzerland   | FEATURES – This week, Tea Biz travel...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Sri Lanka Tea Yields Feared to Decline | McLeod Russel Settlement Resolves Insolvency  | Bangladesh Tea Sector Returns to Pre-Pandemic Production Levels | NEWSMAKER – Tea History Collection Founder Denys Shortt, OBE   | GUEST – Henrietta Lovell, founder Rare Tea Co.  | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz visits with Rare Tea Lady Henrietta Lovell whose passion for tea is exceeded onl...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Timely Tea Delivery is in Troubled Waters | Tea is Thriving in the Convenience Channel | Iran Tea Production is Up 25pct | NEWS - The disruption of global supply chains is getting worse. Container vessel reliability for tea shipments crossing the Pacific continued to decline this summer as prices reached new heights. The World Container Index for eight East-West routes rose to...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Afghan Tea Market Concerns as Taliban Conquers Kabul | US Foodservice Recovery Rates Vary Widely by Sector | Researchers Confirm Heart Healthy Aspects of Tea | NEWSMAKER – Anshuman Kanoria, principal at Balaji Agro International and chairman of the Indian Exporters Association | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz visits Darjeeling, India on word of the sale of the iconic Jungpana an...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Delta Delivers Foodservice Setback | Why are Tea Tariffs Still in Place? | Tea Marathon Earns a Medal for Japan | NEWSMAKER – Philippe Juglar, President AVPA (Agency for the Valorization of Agricultural Products) | GUEST – Japanese Tea Marathon finisher Kyle Whittington, founder TeaBookClub | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz visits Japan for a victory celebration of the Tea Marath...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Top Tea Producer McLeod Russell India Faces Bankruptcy | A Tea Authentication Protocol to Chemically Verify Origins | Soggy Soil Keeps Kulhads in Short Supply | NEWSMAKER – Rona Tison executive vice president of ITO EN North America | GUEST – World Tea Academy Online Education Director Lisa Boalt Richardson | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to New York where Rona Tison ex...