Month: August 2019

Month: August 2019

Tea Tour Winners Share Their Excitement and Itineraries
August 26, 2019 Knowledge Elizabeth Dobos

World Tea Expo Origins Tasting Tour Workshop (Photo courtesy of Faith Bailes) In June, the gave away three free trips to tea producing countries: India, Nepal and South Korea, to three Origins Tasting Tour Workshop attendees. The Origins Tasting Tour Workshop featured speakers who talked about and shared teas from: China, Sri Lanka, India, Japan,

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Arizona Beverages Enters Licensing Agreement with Cannabis Company
August 26, 2019 News Dan Bolton

(Photo courtesy of Arizona Beverages) A licensing deal between bottled tea giant . and . is the brightest green light to date signaling a future for marijuana-infused teas. Arizona is the No. 1 iced tea brand by volume in the U.S. Dixie, a Denver-based cannabis company that markets a line of elixirs containing 100 miligrams

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Fashion Inspires Afternoon Tea
August 26, 2019 News Aravinda Anantharaman

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

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Registration for Seattle’s Northwest Tea Festival Opens Sept. 1
August 20, 2019 Knowledge Dan Shryock

(Image courtesy of Julee Rosenoff) Tea aficionados from across the Pacific Northwest will meet in late September for the 12th annual Northwest Tea Festival, a two-day event in Seattle, Wash. The festival, scheduled for Sept. 28-29, brings tea experts from around the world to lead a variety of presentations, workshops and tea tastings. The event

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Avocado Leaf Tea Made a Strong Debut
August 20, 2019 News Elizabeth Dobos

TEMECULA, CALIF. made a strong debut earlier this year. The new company won a bronze medal in the competition in Feb. 2019 in the Single Serve/Herbal category, and then went on to win first place in its category in the People’s Tea Choice Awards at the in Las Vegas in June. Co-Owner Sharon Colona delved

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China’s Newly Launched Xiaolu Tea Delivers
August 19, 2019 News Dan Bolton

China’s Luckin may prove to be the pioneer in tea delivery. In the United States, takeaway tea is lucrative—McDonald’s sells —but largely confined to iced blends. Luckin has opened 3,000 locations since 2017 and is now the largest domestic coffee chain in China. Building on its successful coffee delivery model, in July the company launched

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Brian Keating Scholarship Open for Submissions
August 12, 2019 Knowledge Elizabeth Dobos

Brian Keating is introducing the Brian Keating Gratitude Scholarship. One scholarship will be awarded annually and can be applied towards seven World Tea Academy courses taken in 2020. Applications will be accepted Aug. 12 through Sept. 30 and the winner will be announced Nov. 1. “To express our gratitude for all that he contributed to

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US League of Tea Growers Pioneers Collaborate for Industry Success
August 12, 2019 News Dan Shryock

Elizabeth Miller at Minto Island Tea Company (Photo by Dan Shryock) Elizabeth Miller leads more than 25 fellow tea growers into her small nursery, pointing out young plants in various stages of development. She explains the successes and setbacks she has experienced growing tea in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. The audience is captivated because, like Miller,

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What we do
August 5, 2019 what we do ctma

Undertaking functions and offering suggestions China Tea Marketing Association actively performs the functions of intermediary organizations in the tea industry and strives for the functions entrusted by the government, such as National Development and Reform Commission, General Administration of Customs, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, State Administration of

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