Tea Biz

HEAR THE HEADLINES – India Tea Auction Mandate Chafes Producers | Smallholders Seek Higher Raw Leaf Minimums | Sharetea Ranks 6th Among Fastest Growing US Retail Chains | GUEST – Narendranath Dharmaraj, consultant and former plantation manager with Brooke Bond, Unilever, and Harrisons Malayalam | NEWSMAKER – Shabnam Weber, president Tea & Hearbal Association of Canada | FEATURES – Tea Biz this...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – The New Definition for Specialty Tea Gets Refined | Research Reveals That Children Benefit from Drinking Tea | and Unilever’s Tea Brand Divestiture is on Pace | GUEST – Kyle Whittington reviews The Life of Tea by Michael Freeman and Timothy d'Offay | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week visits the tea lands from on high where rising temperatures in the atmosphere are causing shift...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – New Criteria Proposed for Differentiating Specialty Tea | Walmart Tea is now 100% Certified by Rainforest Alliance | Kenya Sets Tea Auction Price Minimums | GUEST – Avinash Dugar, founder of the La Gravitea Cafe in Jamshedpur in the north Indian state of Jharkand | NEWSMAKER – David Veal, Executive Director, European Speciality Tea Association | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week tr...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Darjeeling is Experiencing a Severe Downturn | Researchers Discover Expanded Role for Microbes in Tea Making | Oxfam India Defines Living Wage for Assam Tea Workers | GUESTS – Kate Elliot, Catherine Drummond-Herdman, Pinkie Methven, Veronica Murray-Poore, Tea Gardens of Scotland , | NEWSMAKER – Carmién Tea founder Mientjie Mouton | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to South...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – European Union Enforces Single-Use Plastics Rules | Easing Iranian Sanctions Benefits Tea Trade | Kenya Tea Auction Prices Plummet | GUEST – Rare tea book collector Donald Maxton, Tea Book Shop, Springfield, New Jersey | NEWSMAKER – FaithAnn Bailes, content and conference manager for World Tea Expo at Questex | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to Las Vegas for a report on...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Logistics Companies Invest to Right the Ship | Kenya’s Newly Elected Board Moves into KTDA Headquarters | and Hain Celestial Streamlines its Tea Selections | GUEST – Alicia Gentili, of St. Clement, is project manager and tea maker at Jersey Fine Tea, a new tea estate on the Island of Jersey. | NEWSMAKER – Sparsh Agarwal, co-founder with Ishaan Kanoria of Dorje Teas in Darjeeli...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Sri Lanka’s Clean Tea Ambitions | COVID’s Toll on Tea Garden Workers | Tea Day Auction Yields Record Prices | and Nayuki’s Lucrative IPO | GUEST – Maria Uspenski, a cancer survivor, and author of Cancer Hates Tea . In 2004 Maria founded The Tea Spot , a tea wholesaler and teaware design company in Boulder, Colo. | NEWSMAKER – Jeff Champeau, vice president of business developme...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Cold Brew is Trending for Iced Tea Month | DAVIDsTEA in Canada Settles its Debts and Kenya Exports Surge but Auction Prices Remain Low | GUEST – Ravi Kroesen, head teamaker at Steven Smith Teamaker, in Portland, Ore. | NEWSMAKER – Amy Dubin-Nath, founder Janem Tea in Colombus, Ohio | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to Columbus, Ohio to visit with Amy Dubin-Nath, founder o...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Food Inflation Dampens Enthusiasm Over Rising Tea Prices | India’s Tea Industry Under Duress | and the European Union Grants Rooibos GI Protection | NEWSMAKER – Jan Holzapfel, owner of 198-year-old Ronnefeldt Tea in Frankfurt, Germany | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to Frankfurt Germany to discuss best practices in Sustainable Wholesale with Jan Holzapfel, owner of Ronn...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Pandemic Powers Organic Sales | Tea Cafes Cautiously Re-opening | Tata Expands Direct-to-Customer Range | Buyers Spend Big at Chinese International Tea Expo | GUEST – Simona Suzuki, née Zavadckyte, co-founder and president Global Japanese Tea Association | NEWSMAKER – Olivia Chan, owner of Treasure Green Tea Co., a Chinatown tea shop in Vancouver, British Columbia. | FEATURES...

Episode 19 | May 20, 2021 HEAR THE HEADLINES – Tea History Collection Unveiled | Indian Commodities Logjam | THIRST Undertakes a Human Rights Analysis in Tea | A Series of Major Quakes Rattle Yunnan | GUEST – William Liu is a 20-year-old sophomore at Wake Forest University and founder of the World Tea Association on campus and online. | NEWSMAKER – Asha Bhandari is the International Trade and Prom...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – International Tea Day | Assam Forbids Tea Workers to Isolate at Home | Nepal’s First Flush is Delayed | Kagoshima May Soon Outproduce Shizuoka | GUEST – Author Chitrita Banerji, a chronicler of food history and culture | NEWSMAKER – Eva Lee, founder of Tea Hawaii, a tea farm and wholesale venture in Volcano, Hawaii | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to the slopes of the Ki...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Kenya is Becoming Unbearably Hot for Tea | Brexit Disrupts UK Tea Trade | Colombo Tea Auction Transformed | GUEST – Adventurer and author Jeff Fuchs, founder of Jalam Tea | NEWSMAKER – Steve Schwartz, founder of the Art of Tea in Los Angeles and graduate of Ayurvedic Institute of New Mexico | FEATURES – Tea Biz travels to Los Angeles this week where Art of Tea founder Steve Sc...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Dry Weather Worsens in Assam | COVID Infections are Rising in Nepal and Bangladesh | Are Tea Auctions Still Relevant? | Two Major Grocery Chains Agree to Carry Flash-Frozen Tea Leaves | GUEST – SofaSummit for International Tea Day organizer Shabnam Weber, president of the Tea & Herbal Association of Canada | NEWSMAKER – Are Tea Auctions Still Relevant? Pranav Bhansali, man...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Mombasa to Expand Tea Auctions to Five Days a Week | Spiking Prices Dismay Russian Tea Drinkers | A 6.4 Quake Shakes Assam – Tea Factory Damage is Minor | Vahdam Tea Mobilizes Emergency COVID Aid for India | GUEST – Rishi Saria is a third-generation planter, managing the Gopaldhara, and Rohini estates in Darjeeling, India. | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz visits the fabled Darje...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – Earth Day Takes on New Urgency | Restaurants are Rebounding | | World Tea Expo Co-locates with The Nightclub & Bar Show in Las Vegas | Bubble Tea Boba is Languishing at Sea | GUEST – Philippe Juglar, President AVPA (Agency for the Promotion of Agricultural Products) | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to the famed Royal Botanic Garden at Kew to explore a prized collecti...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – | India Surpasses Brazil as the World’s COVID Hotspot | Tea Imports Spike in Pakistan | The Global Tea Initiative at the University of California, Davis Hosts a Second Virtual Event | Tea Masters Cup Names Champions in Moscow | GUEST – Jack Mackenzie, general manager, Summer Lodge Country House Hotel & Restaurant in Dorchester, England. | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz offer...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – A Sparkling Future for Fizzy Tea | Bubble Tea Drinkers Froth Over Drinking Straw Ban | Vahdam Tea Partners with Goodricke Group | Starbucks Introduces Rent-a-Cup | GUEST – Supriya Sahu, managing director of INDCOSERVE, a cooperative of 30,000 tea farmers producing 14 million kilos of tea annual in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz visits the Nilgir...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – | Suez Ship-jam Delays Tea Deliveries | Tea Aisle Sales Stand Out in Grocery | Tea Retail Realignment is Underway  | GUEST – David O'Neill director of Falls of Clyde International, a maritime heritage non-profit with plans to state clipper tea races in 2025.  | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz visits Scotland for a lesson on the history of tea clipper ships and a plan to reviv...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – | India High Court Reverses Assam Tea Worker Wage Increase | Kenyan Tea Factory Elections Suspended | Study Finds Growers Adapting to Climate Change | GUEST – Shunan Teng, founder of the Tea Drunk tea house in York City and the pandemic-inspired online Tea Education Club and monthly tea subscription service offering China’s heritage teas. | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz discuss...

HEAR THE HEADLINES – | US Restaurant Rescue Funds Total $28.6 Billion | EU Reviews Pesticide Rules | Tea Theaflavin Inhibits Coronavirus Replication | PLANT-AG is a $9 Billion Startup that Promises Field-to-Plate Traceability | GUEST – Rudra Chatterjee , Managing Director of the Luxmi Group, which owns estates in West Bengal, Assam and Tripura in India and Rwanda in Africa producing collectively 2...

HEAR THE HEADLINES First Flush Harvest Underway | Tea Price Report | Tea Relaxes Blood Vessels | Celebrating the Green | GUEST Yasuharu Matsumoto, vice president of the Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms. | NEWS First Flush Harvest Underway Droves of COVID-19 wary pluckers are working gardens in China, Sri Lanka, and India amid favorable weather after a dry winter. The Darjeeling first flush is underway. Consu...

HEAR THE HEADLINES | Brand Relevance in Chaotic Times | Nepal Announces Tea Traceability Project | The Danish Tea Association Merges with The European Speciality Tea Association | YELP! Names a Tea House to its list of Top 100 Places to Eat in America | GUEST Angela McDonald, president US League of Tea Growers | FEATURES This week Tea Biz shares the secret to creating tea blends that sell, a conve...

NEWS HEADLINES – Retail Sales Thawed in January | Restaurant Reticence Persists | Kenya's Tea Export Earnings Surged in 2020 | Assam Increases Daily Wages by 30 Percent for Tea Workers. FEATURES – This week Tea Biz visits London for a chat with David Veal about the European Speciality Tea Association’s newly launched training program for tea professionals… and we travel to India for a discussi...

NEWS HEADLINES – Sri Lanka Launches Expansive Ceylon Tea Promotion | Green Tea Compound Acts Like a Superhero Sidekick to Cancer Cell Suppressor | Lipton IPO Likely in 2021 | Tea Tourism Stirs from a Deep Pandemic-Induced Slumber FEATURES – This week Tea Biz reports on T.Kettle, a Canadian retail chain launched at the height of the pandemic that features ethically sourced, vegan, organic, loose le...