The China Tea Marketing Association (CTMA)
The China Tea Marketing Association (CTMA) was found in 1992
Author: Peter Keen
Author: Peter Keen
San Francisco Straw Ban Prompts Boba Crisis
Iced milky bubble tea with tapioca pearls. Fruit and berry bubble tea variety. Raspberry, mango, lemon mint bubble tea. Photo: GettyImages.com 2018 is shaping up to be the Year of the Plastic Straw Ban: Seattle 2018, Santa Barbara 2019, Disney 2019, San Francisco 2020, Starbucks 2020, Taiwan 2030, plus Now and Soon and Sometime American
Innovation in Kenyan Teas
Kenya grows some superb teas that lose identity as the crop moves through bush-to-cup logistics and ends up as a commodity ingredient in a tea bag blend. The value chain is marked by many disconnects: conflicting interests, resource gaps, climate volatility, financial structures and global market factors. Much of Kenya’s tea policy and negotiation are
Pea Flower Tea: Sneaking Up on the Innovation Highway
Pea flower tea could be the next sneak up innovation in the beverage market, joining bubble tea, cheese tea, cold brew and kombucha and, perhaps even the SUI of the past decade, matcha. These came from outside the mainstream, relatively suddenly establishing a market base of enthusiastic customers. None seemed likely to become more than
Tea Opportunity for Florida Growers
Waverly Tea Estate, near Waverly, Fla., is one of the first citrus orchards to experiment with growing tea. Tea was first planted in 2011 but larger-scale production took an additional five years. Can tea become an alternative crop in Florida for its mainstay citrus crops? That’s the question that business owners and university researchers across
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