The China Tea Marketing Association (CTMA)
The China Tea Marketing Association (CTMA) was found in 1992
Author: Dan Bolton
Author: Dan Bolton
Tea Growers Spared in Indonesian Earthquake and Tsunami
PALU, INDONESIA (October 8) – A girl covers her nose as she passes the area damaged by an earthquake and tsunami on Sept. 28, 2018 in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images) CENTRAL SULAWESI, Indonesia A magnitude 7.4 killer earthquake and a tsunami spared the small number of Indonesian tea gardens on
Teatulia Literary Tea Shop Opens in London’s Covent Garden
Teatulia UK Teabar Duke’s Diwan On Monday, Teatulia United Kingdom opened a tea shop, cocktail bar and comfy literary salon on Neal St. in London’s Covent Garden. The venture is the first retail expansion since the company established Colorado-based in 2005. The company plans to open several brick and mortar shops in the U.K. The
Tea Imports From China Unlikely to Face U.S. Levies
USA and China maps. Photo credit: GettyImages.com Tea was not among the 5,745 Chinese subject to a 10 percent U.S. tariff this week and is unlikely to be listed, but tea wholesalers are weighing their options. China promptly retaliated to the increase with additional levies of either 5 or 10 percent on $60 billion worth
Harris Tea Acquires Red Rose Brand
Red Rose, a famous Canadian tea brand dating back to 1894, and Salada Tea were acquired in October by New Jersey-based along with the tea manufacturing assets of Redco Foods which announced it will close its tea factory in Little Falls, N.Y. Harris Tea Company is a division of Harris Freeman & Co., which operates
Amazon Assists India Tea Sellers in Marketing Globally
There are now 37,000 India firms offering more than 120 million made-in-India products for sale on Amazon globally, why not tea? Two weeks ago the Confederation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CMSME) and members of the Northeast Chapter of the Fair Labor Organization (FLO) FICCI Ladies Organization were joined by the chief minister of
Smallholders Gain Ground in Specialty Tea Segment
Tea Smallholders Assam India Jungpana Estate In August tea auctioneers celebrated a specialty golden tea grown in Assam that sold for a record $537 per kilogram. Perhaps more impressive is that the tea, produced by Manohari Tea Estate in the Dibrugarh District, was purchased by Guwahati-based Saurabh Tea Traders for local tea retailers in New
Mudslides Destroy Tea Gardens as Monsoon Displaces a Million People in India
Locals cross foolded water on route to the Chengannur on Aug. 20 in Kerala, India. Authorities say 493 people died in the southern Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu after weeks of monsoon rains which caused the worst flooding in nearly a century. Officials said more than 1 million people have been displaced
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
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
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