Category: News

Taste of Maple Arrives at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
September 6, 2019 News Press Release

Maple Rooibos Tea Latte (Photo credit: CoffeeBean.com) LOS ANGELES – ®, one of the world’s leading roasters and retailers of specialty coffee and tea, announced that it has launched its fall seasonal menu with new and returning beverages and baked goods. The seasonal menu additions include an all-new, limited-edition Maple Latte and Maple Rooibos Tea Latte. Additionally, the company announced

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Emergency Declared in Central China Due to Drought
September 3, 2019 News Dan Bolton

Tea garden in Hubei, China (Photo by Dan Bolton) Tea growing regions across a wide expanse of China, including Yunnan Province, qualified for emergency government relief this week due to a severe drought. The China National Commission for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) Hubei Province at a level IV emergency due

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Indian Tea Industry Demands Government Bailout from Looming Financial Crisis
September 3, 2019 News Aravinda Anantharaman

Assam in red (Getty Images/kishore kumar) The Indian tea industry is struggling with low prices, high labor costs, vagaries of the weather and with every passing year, the problems are both recurring and amplifying. It was a desperate measure on their side to launch a newspaper advertising campaign on August 1 to draw the government’s

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Celestial Seasonings and HeadCount Release Limited-Edition Tea
September 3, 2019 News Press Release

BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Back by popular demand, Grateful Dead fans can settle down easy with the release of Ramble on Rose, a limited-edition black tea blend from Celestial Seasonings in partnership with nonprofit HeadCount. For the first time ever, this exclusive blend will be available online at no cost. How’s that for a miracle?

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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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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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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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China Mobile Commissions BBC Studios TV Series: ‘One Cup, A Thousand Stories’
August 2, 2019 News ctma

In a first for BBC Studios, China Mobile recently commissioned a six-part TV documentary on tea. The fact-based documentary One Cup, A Thousand Stories is funded by Migu, the digital content subsidiary of China Mobile. It is the BBC’s first fully-funded production in China. It will be produced in Scotland and distributed internationally by BBC Studios. In

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