The China Tea Marketing Association (CTMA)
The China Tea Marketing Association (CTMA) was found in 1992
Author: Dan Bolton
Author: Dan Bolton
Rishi Sources Globally to Develop Local Drink Concepts
Rishi Tea Korea, the Seoul affiliate of Milwaukee-based Rishi Tea & Botanicals, celebrates 10 years of collaboration, innovation, and camaraderie. Rishi Tea & Botanicals founder Joshua Kaiser, left, with Rishi Tea Korea CEO Richard Song, center. (Photo courtesy of Rishi Tea & Botanicals) founder, president and CEO Joshua Kaiser believes blending occurs on many levels
Tripura Tea Growers Seek India Tea Board Branding as Tripureshwari Tea
The border post between Bangladesh and India at Akhaura, India. Growers on either side of the border want fewer restrictions on using the land to grow tea. (Photo by P.P. Yoonus, Creative Commons) Tripura, an Indian state bordering Bangladesh, boasts a century of tea growing that is often overlooked. Now the 3,000 small growers there
Rimpocha: A Global Opportunity for Sustainable Tea
Rajah Banerjee (Photo courtesy of T’Classic) There are a few remaining places still unclaimed, but no one owns the earth. It is a gift to humanity, offering treasures to those willing to learn. During his 47-year stewardship as the Raj of Makaibari Tea Estate, one of India’s oldest and most celebrated tea habitats, Rajah Banerjee,
DAVIDsTEA Celebrates 10 Years of Tea
DAVIDsTEA (photo courtesy of GLS Design) Since its inception ten years ago DAVIDsTEA, now the largest tea chain in North America, has popularized the herbal category and continuously introduced merchandising innovations that greatly influenced tea retail. David Segal, then in his 20s and his elder cousin Herschel Segal, then in his 70s, opened their first
New Green Tea Factory Opens in Rwanda
The newly opened organic green tea factory at Sorwathe Tea Estate is the largest in Rwanda, processing 300,000 kilos of tea per year. (Photo courtesy of Rohith Peiris, Sorwathe Tea Estate) KINIHIRA, Rwanda Forty years ago, Joseph Wertheim, founder of Connecticut-based Tea Importers, built the first private tea factory in Rwanda. This month his son,
California Wildfire Claims US Tea Farm
Michael Fritts at the Golden Feather Tea garden, which was lost Thursday in a fast-moving blaze that has since become the most devastating in California history. (Photo courtesy of Golden Feather Tea) CONCOW, Calif. The Golden Feather Tea farm owned by Michael Fritts was reduced to ashes during the deadly initial hours of the largest
Tanzania Bets Big on Tea with Plans for In-country Auction
Dirt road and a few houses among tea plantations in the Mufindi highlands in Tanzania, Africa, located between Ruaha National Park and the Selous Game Reserve. (Getty Images Photo/jeu) Tanzania, a mid-tier East African tea producer, announced ambitions to significantly increase production and begin laying the groundwork for a regional auction to compete with Kenya’s
Seaweed Sachets Present an Alternative to Plastic
Nusa lembongan seaweed farming in Bali, Indonesia (Photo by Adobe Stock) Seaweed sachets. Photo courtesy Evoware. Indonesia is the second worst maritime polluter in the world but the 11,000 islands that make up this nation also produce one of the most environmentally sound alternatives to single-use plastics. is a company that uses Indonesian-grown seaweed to
Bangladesh Tea Gaining Notoriety
Greg Ubert, Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea. (Photo courtesy of Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea) An American coffee roaster made an unusual trek to Bangladesh last April in search of tea. His destination was the Kazi & Kazi tea estate in the northern reaches of the country, north of Assam in the foothills of the
Nepali Growers Confront Obstacles to Organic Certification
Nepali tea worker (Photo/Amar Maharjan) In Illam, the heart of Nepal’s specialty tea region where only 12 out of 85 farms are certified organic, the demand for organic tea exceeds the supply. Sarad Subba, owner of Jasbire Tea Factory in Illam has orders for 1000 kilograms per day of leaves used to make orthodox tea