The China Tea Marketing Association (CTMA)
The China Tea Marketing Association (CTMA) was found in 1992
Month: August 2018
Month: August 2018
Maternity Leave Doubled for India’s Tea Workers
Nazdeek Report cover Pregnant tea workers balance the weight of their unborn child and the tea basket on their back, working as long as practical to earn money to meet their baby’s needs. This double burden takes its toll in the nutritional wellbeing of both mother and child, a concern being addressed by the Assam
Catastrophic Flooding in South India Spikes Tea Prices
Tea plantations and Muthirappuzhayar River in hills near Munnar, Kerala, India. Photo credit: GettyImages.com Tea production declined sharply and prices spiked due to flooding from unusually heavy rains that closed the Cochin airport and caused numerous landslides, killing nearly 400 people in South India. More than 1 million residents have been displaced to 4,000 relief
Tea Shop Honored as Cincinnati’s Best
Kathleen Kern, Katherine Kern and Jerry Kern at Churchill’s Fine Teas at Findlay Market. Photo courtesy of Kathleen Kern. inspires people on their tea journey, an approach appreciated in Cincinnati where the shop was named Best Tea Shop/Selection in Cincinnati by City Beat Magazine’s readers five years in a row. This year, Churchill’s was included
Budding Products: Tea Infused Maple Syrup and Iced Tea for Foodservice
Runamok Maple Adds Tea to Maple Syrup Runamok Jasmine Tea Infused Maple Syrup; photo credit: Runamok Fairfax, Vermont-based introduced Jasmine Tea Infused maple syrup with hints of jasmine flowers and sweet honeysuckle. This is the company’s 13th product in its maple syrup collection. The maple syrup’s delicate floral sweetness can enhance many dishes, such as
U.S. Sanctions on Iran Negatively Impact Tea Trade
Iranian tea farm U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran are causing a sharp downturn in the tea trade. Renewing sanctions in recent weeks, and threatening the central banks of U.S. allies, has caused Iran’s currency to nosedive, unemployment to increase, and inflated prices for tea and sugar. Iran produces only a fraction of the 120 million
TeaSource Celebrates 20 Years
Bill Waddington invites a customer to take in the fragrance of tea. Photo courtesy of TeaSource. Twenty years ago Bill Waddington brought a grocery lesson to tea retailing that holds true today. “I used to say to grocery retailers, ‘The only thing you can do better than the big chains is you can have better
Twinings Transparency May Become Industry Norm
Twinings sources its tea from different regions in India: Assam and Darjeeling in the North East and Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the South. The plantation model, with large number of workers living on the estate with their family is predominant, but there is a growing smallholder sector. On the plantation, workers and their families
Sustainability of Assam’s Tea Industry Questioned
Prabhat Bezboruah, India Tea Board Chair Stagnant prices lead industry captains to question the long-term sustainability of the tea industry in Assam. Speaking at the general meeting of the Assam Tea Planters’ Association (ATPA), the oldest body of ethnic tea planters in the Brahmaputra Valley, India Tea Board Chairman Prabhat Kamal Bezboruah last month cautioned
First LEED Certified Tea Factory Opens in Oregon
Yogi Tea ribbon cutting ceremony with CEO Giancarlo Marcaccini; photo courtesy of Yogi Tea celebrated the grand opening of its new LEED certified factory in Eugene, Oregon, August 11. “[LEED certification] was a natural fit for us and what that company stands for and believes in,” said Giancarlo Marcaccini, CEO of Yogi Tea. “It’s a
Tea Bag Art Beautifully Embodies Intricacy and Simplicity
Photos courtesy of Ruby Silvious Artist repurposes used tea bags as her canvases, turning material that people often discard into beautiful works of art. The tea bag art includes a broad range of subjects—all depicted in colorful, intricate detail. Ruby Silvious; photo by Elizabeth Dobos Silvious, who was born and raised in Tacloban City in
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