Month: April 2018

Month: April 2018

Tea Industry Association Set to Launch This Summer
April 23, 2018 Knowledge Dan Bolton

Tony Gebely, executive director American Specialty Tea Alliance This summer the blog will evolve to become the (ASTA), according to founder Tony Gebely. “There has long been a need for an industry association that specifically focuses on and supports the growth of the specialty tea industry in America,” Gebely said. Inspired by the Specialty Coffee

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India Tea Board Helps Finance Small Tea Factories
April 17, 2018 Knowledge Dan Bolton

Tea Picker Picks Leaves. Photo credit: Thinkstockphotos.com The Tea Board of India, noting the fact that some 60 percent of tea there is produced by smallholders, is offering to subsidize construction. The factories cost about INRs2.5 million ($38,000) and can process about 500 kilos of tea per day (25,000 kilos of fresh leaf). The Tea

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Q & A With Shabnam Weber, Tea and Herbal Association of Canada
April 17, 2018 Knowledge Dan Bolton

Shabnam Weber, Tea and Herbal Association of CanadaShabnam   Shabnam Weber is the newly appointed president of the (THAC). Before accepting the position, she resigned from her role as president and chief executive of , a tea retail and wholesale company she cofounded in 2000. Weber served the past decade as a director of the

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High Garden Tea House: An Herbal Wellness Sanctuary
April 9, 2018 Knowledge Elizabeth Dobos

Leah and Joel Larabell at the High Garden Woodland Tea House & Sipping Apothecary At , Leah and Joel Larabell share their love of herbs and tea in a serene wellness-focused teahouse located in East Nashville, Tennessee. Leah Larabell Leah has worked with herbs most of her life and was drawn to them for their

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