Category: News

The Asian Tea Alliance: The New Co-opetition
May 7, 2019 News Peter Keen

Tamil woman plucking tea leaves near Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka (Ceylon). (Getty Images/hadynyah) The Asian Tea Alliance (ATA) in a memorandum of understanding (MOU), an agreement to act rather than a formal plan, between the main industry and policy organizations in five tea-growing countries: Indian Tea Association, China Tea Marketing Association, Indonesian Tea Marketing Association,

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5 Mother’s Day Tea Gift Ideas
May 6, 2019 News Elizabeth Dobos

Mother’s Day is right around the corner. Here are some gift ideas for tea loving moms. Personalized Mother’s Day Spring Cherry Blossom Tea Set Personalized Mothers Day Gift Tea Set (etsy.com) Share special moments with Mom over tea served in this lovely made by Etsy’s Vitraaze shop.  The set includes a glass teapot with an

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Tea Company in Mali Sets an Example
April 30, 2019 News Dan Bolton

BAMAKO, Mali Madam Aminatou Toure Souley (Photo/Sahel Tea) In 2013, amid the political and of West Africa and with few resources, Aminatou Touré Souley founded . Her vision was to utilize locally grown natural ingredients to blend a range of healthful infusions. Today her company employs 50 people and operates a factory that processes, packs,

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Kenyan Tea Exports Suffer Because of Drought and Sanctions
April 23, 2019 News Dan Bolton

Scene of extensive plantation on tea estate in Nandi Hills, West Kenya highlands. Trees & Canna lilies growing amongst tea bushes. (Getty Images/Jennifer Watson) Kenya’s massive and methodical tea industry is under stress as forces of nature combine with human nature to reduce exports. Precipitation during the country’s “long rains” season from March to May

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Sri Lanka Bombings Shatter a Recent Return to Stability
April 23, 2019 News Dan Bolton

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA – APRIL 21: Sri Lankan security forces secure the area around St. Anthony’s Shrine after an explosion hit St Anthony’s Church in Kochchikade on April 21, 2019 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Stringer/Getty Images) Civic unrest, worker protests and an unprecedented grab for executive power that riled Sri Lanka last fall

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Is New Trustea Certification a Game Changer for the Indian Tea Industry?
April 15, 2019 News Aravinda Anantharaman

Tea pickers harvesting the finest grade tea leaves, In the Himalayas, Darjeeling, India. (Getty Images/Rawpixel) Earlier this month, the Indian media  608 million kilograms of tea (46 percent of the country’s annual output) has been verified and certified by trustea, a sustainability code developed in India. But is there a need for yet another certification

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Darjeeling Gloom Lowers Tea Yields Amid Weak Demand
April 8, 2019 News Aravinda Anantharaman

DARJEELING, West Bengal Darjeeling Gloom Lowers Tea Yields Amid Weak Demand (Photo courtesy of Teabox.com) “It’s the 4th of April but I am wearing a fleece jacket inside my house. Outside it’s gloomy and dark,” says Raju Lama of , when he answers a late-morning call. His weather report is an indication of what Darjeeling

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Qingming Signals a Sunny Start for the Tea Harvest in China
April 8, 2019 News Dan Bolton

Qingming Spring Harvest (Photo/Mori Ma Tea) China’s love of tea blossoms in April. Qingming (April 5) on the lunar calendar marks the official first day of the tea harvest across a country that grows tea in commercially in 18 provinces. Qingming is tomb sweeping day, a three-day family holiday celebrating spring and paying tribute to

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Tea Masters Cup Registration is Open
April 8, 2019 News Tony Gebely

For an introduction to Tea Masters Cup, . The purpose of this article is to give potential contestants the information they need to express interest in participation and to prepare for the competition itself. Tea Masters Cup (Photo courtesy of Tony Gebely) How to Participate Tea Masters Cup (TMC) includes competitions in four categories: Tea Preparation,

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Lee’s Tea Brand Teas Recalled Due to Salmonella
April 2, 2019 News Press Release

Lee’s Tea Mint Chill (Photo/leesprovisions.com) OTTAWA, March 28, 2019 /CNW/ – The food recall warning issued on March 27, 2019 has been amended to correctly identify the affected products and updated to include additional product information. The corrections for these products are marked by an asterisk (*). This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety

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