The China Tea Marketing Association (CTMA)
The China Tea Marketing Association (CTMA) was found in 1992
Author: Aravinda Anantharaman
Author: Aravinda Anantharaman
Underappreciated Teapot Earns Surprised Owner $1 Million at Auction
The Qianlong teapot that sold for $1 million in the UK in early November. The green glaze celadon pot has a finial of a peach and pip on the lid, and is dated back to the 18th century. (Photo source: dukes-auction.com/photography by Jonathan Gooding) A Dorset England resident’s celadon ceramic teapot with a slightly cracked
Unilever’s Teas are “Slave-Free”, Will Others Follow?
Woman picking tea leaves at a tea plantation. (Getty Images/stellalevi) Unilever’s announcement that their teas are “slave-free” follows a long campaign to make the world’s largest tea supply chain transparent. Last year, Unilever and Nestlé became the first two food companies to declare their sources of palm oil slave-free. This was a result of conversations
Indian Tea Industry Demands Government Bailout from Looming Financial Crisis
Assam in red (Getty Images/kishore kumar) The Indian tea industry is struggling with low prices, high labor costs, vagaries of the weather and with every passing year, the problems are both recurring and amplifying. It was a desperate measure on their side to launch a newspaper advertising campaign on August 1 to draw the government’s
Fashion Inspires Afternoon Tea
Taking inspiration in haute couture and fashion trends, luxe hotels are now pairing with designer houses because what better way to showcase a fashion line than to lovers of fanfare and fashion chic. More 21st century but retaining the fuss and fancy. It’s less scones and clotted cream and in its place is chocolate foam
How Chai is Made in Different Regions Around the World
Everyone associates India with chai. While there is no single recipe for chai, the flavors changing at every turn across the country, there is something of a base recipe. Chai uses CTC (cut, tear, curl) dust, rather than orthodox leaves, which creates an intense flavor that is tamed by the addition of milk and sugar.
Lipton Opens Tea Packaging Factory in Qatar
Qatar (Photo courtesy of the National Tourism Council) In April, Unilever opened two new tea factories in Doha, Qatar, with sufficient capacity to supply growing local markets. The Middle East is not far behind Asia Pacific in tea consumption leading Unilever to expand its capacity in Qatar. Regionally Turkey, Kuwait, Iran and the United Arab
Is New Trustea Certification a Game Changer for the Indian Tea Industry?
Tea pickers harvesting the finest grade tea leaves, In the Himalayas, Darjeeling, India. (Getty Images/Rawpixel) Earlier this month, the Indian media 608 million kilograms of tea (46 percent of the country’s annual output) has been verified and certified by trustea, a sustainability code developed in India. But is there a need for yet another certification
Darjeeling Gloom Lowers Tea Yields Amid Weak Demand
DARJEELING, West Bengal Darjeeling Gloom Lowers Tea Yields Amid Weak Demand (Photo courtesy of Teabox.com) “It’s the 4th of April but I am wearing a fleece jacket inside my house. Outside it’s gloomy and dark,” says Raju Lama of , when he answers a late-morning call. His weather report is an indication of what Darjeeling