Category: News

How Chai is Made in Different Regions Around the World
July 15, 2019 News Aravinda Anantharaman

Everyone associates India with chai. While there is no single recipe for chai, the flavors changing at every turn across the country, there is something of a base recipe. Chai uses CTC (cut, tear, curl) dust, rather than orthodox leaves, which creates an intense flavor that is tamed by the addition of milk and sugar.

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Brisk Iced Tea Partners with Universal Pictures’ “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”
July 8, 2019 News Press Release

Supporting Young Creators, Brisk Collaborates with Aspiring Filmmaker Evans Alexandre to Introduce Brisk’s “Cans of Whup Ass” This summer, Brisk, the iced tea known for its powerhouse flavors and blockbuster match-ups, is partnering with Universal Pictures for this summer’s release of “Fast & Furious Presents:  Hobbs & Shaw” (in theaters Aug. 2), starring Dwayne Johnson

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Tariff Truce Eases but Does Not Eliminate Tea Trade Worries
July 2, 2019 News Dan Bolton

On Saturday President Donald Trump put a hold on placing tariffs on the most recent list of Chinese imports, which includes tea. Chinese President Xi Jinping announced negotiations would resume. In response, the tea industry drew a collective breath of relief, yet remains wary of the outcome of talks. Last week the U.S. Trade Representative

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Chinese Tea Quality Director Explains “Zero-Growth” Action Plan for Pesticides and Fertilizer
June 18, 2019 News Dan Bolton

Ecological Tea Garden (Photo courtesy of Zheng Goujian) The director of China’s tea quality control programs describes an industry in transition with a goal of uniformly clean tea. Zheng Guojian, director of China’s National Tea Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, told World Tea News that 7% of China’s tea acreage now meets all export requirements for organic

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Premium Instant Tea Company Gets $2.5 Million Financial Boost
June 18, 2019 News Dan Bolton

(Photo by Cusa Tea) Investors recently provided a $2.5 million boost to expand distribution and development of Boulder, Colo.-based Cusa Tea. The Series A round, led by Break Trail Ventures and S Cap, brings total financing to $3.6 million. Cusa organic tea uses real fruit and spices to cold-steep tea before it is transformed into

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World Bank Funds Carbon Emissions Reduction in Africa’s Tea Farming Communities
June 11, 2019 News Peter Keen

Lake of the Aruba Dam, on the Voi River, located next to the Ashnill Aruba Lodge (in the background), as viewed from the east during the evening, in the Tsavo East National Park, Kenya. (By Christopher T Cooper, CC BY 3.0/commons.wikimedia.org) In mid-March 2019, the with Kenya’s Tea Development Agency Power Company Ltd. This is

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3 Companies Introduce New RTD Teas in Time for Iced Tea Month
June 11, 2019 News Elizabeth Dobos

These creative new teas can be enjoyed straight from their containers or poured over ice. The Granny Squibb Company Launches 3 RTD Teas Granny Squibb Iced Tea 12 ounce cans (Photo/grannysquibb.com) The Providence, Rhode Island-based debuted three organic ready-to-drink iced teas in 12-ounce cans just in time for iced tea month. These teas carry on

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Japanese Tea and Silk Colony Celebrates 150th Anniversary
June 3, 2019 News Dan Bolton

PLACERVILLE, Calif. The American River Conservancy is hosting the 150th Anniversary celebration of the first Japanese colony in America—the Wakamatsu Tea & Silk Farm Colony in Placerville, California. Wakamatsu is the only known settlement of samurai outside Japan. The legacy of these 22 warriors lives on as descendants of Japanese settlers and in the modern

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Milo’s Tea Announces Major Expansion in Oklahoma
May 28, 2019 News Peter Keen

Milo’s Tea Published reports on state it is the largest seller of refrigerated tea in the United States, serving  more than . These figures point to a rapid expansion from . Sales topped $125 million in grocery and multi-outlet locations in 2018, according to Chicago-based market research firm IRI. The company’s recent announcement that in

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The Grand Old Man of Indian Tea
May 28, 2019 News Pullock Dutta

KOOMTAI, Assam Sagar Mehta Forty years ago executives of Goodricke Group, which had just split from Duncan Brothers & Company Ltd., sent one of their best estate managers to Koomtai Tea Estate, a company-owned garden in Assam’s Golaghat district. His mission was to assess whether to sell off the sick property or revive it. The

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