Year: 2018

Year: 2018

Deadlines for Two Global Tea Championships Are Approaching
July 23, 2018 News Elizabeth Dobos

Global Tea Championship Iced Tea Commercial Competition 2017 Two Global Tea Championship competitions and their entry deadlines are right around the corner. The Iced Tea Commercial Competition will take place Aug. 16 in Montbello, California, and the Spring Hot (Loose Leaf) Competition will take place Sept. 29-30 in Boulder, Colorado. The Global Tea Championship is

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The Spice & Tea Exchange Infuses Arizona with Plans to Open 15 New Franchises
July 16, 2018 News Press Release

(PRNewsfoto/The Spice & Tea Exchange) Millennials and the country as a whole are cooking with more unique and natural spices and drinking more loose leaf tea than ever before – and Arizona is no exception. Savoring an opportunity for growth in the state, a gourmet, experience-based spice and tea retail franchise, has announced plans to

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Miro Tea Merges Chinese History with Modern America
July 16, 2018 News Elizabeth Dobos

Miro Tea; photo by Jeannie Liu in Seattle’s metropolitan area brings a traditional Chinese teahouse into modern America. Owner Jeannie Liu said, “I wanted to create a space that was not like your typical quiet Zen teahouse, or fall into any kind of stereotypes that people believed about teahouses.” Her father spoke of teahouses in

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Budding Products: Functional Tea Launches and Changes
July 16, 2018 News Elizabeth Dobos

Aduna Launches New Super Teas Photo credit: PackagingEurope.com London -based , a company known for its superfood powders and energy bars, has added two flavors to its Super Teas line. Turmeric and Hibiscus blends join Moringa, Baobab and Cacao to form a collection of five super teas. The pyramid bags include whole pieces of fruit,

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Song Tea & Ceramics’ Peter Luong Loves Tea, Not ’Tude
July 16, 2018 News Janis Hashe

Peter Luong Peter Luong is not a tea mystic. The founder of San Francisco’s Song Tea & Ceramics knows and values the subtle, complex characteristics of tea, but displays a polite skepticism about the many claims for its physical and mental health-enhancing abilities. “I don’t like the ‘fetishing’ of tea,” he says. “Tea should just

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3 New Matcha Blends from World Tea Expo
July 10, 2018 News Elizabeth Dobos

Photo by Elizabeth Dobos Three top tea companies debuted innovative matcha blends at the World Tea Expo in Las Vegas June 12 to 14. showcased the newest addition to its ready-to-drink Matcha LOVE line: . With a light, smooth, refreshing flavor and no bitter aftertaste, this grab-and-sip beverage is made with finely milled organic Japanese

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Rocky Mountain Tea Festival Turns 20
July 10, 2018 News Elizabeth Dobos

Photo courtesy of Sara Martinelli This year marks the ’s 20th anniversary and as one of the United States’ longest running tea festivals, it exemplifies the impact such a festival can have on tea industry professionals and the public. The Colorado-based event takes place July 28-29 at the Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse, one of the preeminent

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Budding products: Refreshing Summertime Teas
July 9, 2018 News Elizabeth Dobos

ITO EN Launched Oi Ocha RTD Tea Photo: ITO EN   introduced its new organic Oi Ocha ready-to-drink tea to the United States market at the Summer Fancy Food Show June 29-July 2 in New York City. The refreshing tea is made from USDA-certified organic whole green tea leaves, purified water and natural vitamin C

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Interim Wage Hike Quiets Assam but Darjeeling Remains Unsettled
July 9, 2018 News Dan Bolton

Assam tea workers The government of Assam just awarded tea workers wage increases of INRs30 ($0.45) per day through 2019 as an interim step in the ongoing negotiations to achieve wage parity in the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Meanwhile in West Bengal tensions are rising with the announcement of a three-day strike late this

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Black Tea Earns Endorsement from European Food Safety Authority
July 9, 2018 News Dan Bolton

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has awarded a positive opinion on its heath claim that black tea improves people’s attention span. The EFSA is a first involving tea. The head of Unilever R&D and lead scientist, Dr. Amelia Jarman said the claim is based on company research involving human trials. Unilever conducted three human

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