The China Tea Marketing Association (CTMA)
The China Tea Marketing Association (CTMA) was found in 1992
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Sri Lanka Tea Strikers Jeopardize Export
Tea production in Sri Lanka is threatened during the peak season for exports as prices fall at auction due to a widespread strike amid political turmoil. Sri Lankan tea worker (Photo/Getty Images) Striking Sri Lankan tea workers are in turmoil this week as competing labor organizations align with government leaders uncertain of their own future.
Rishi Sources Globally to Develop Local Drink Concepts
Rishi Tea Korea, the Seoul affiliate of Milwaukee-based Rishi Tea & Botanicals, celebrates 10 years of collaboration, innovation, and camaraderie. Rishi Tea & Botanicals founder Joshua Kaiser, left, with Rishi Tea Korea CEO Richard Song, center. (Photo courtesy of Rishi Tea & Botanicals) founder, president and CEO Joshua Kaiser believes blending occurs on many levels
Tripura Tea Growers Seek India Tea Board Branding as Tripureshwari Tea
The border post between Bangladesh and India at Akhaura, India. Growers on either side of the border want fewer restrictions on using the land to grow tea. (Photo by P.P. Yoonus, Creative Commons) Tripura, an Indian state bordering Bangladesh, boasts a century of tea growing that is often overlooked. Now the 3,000 small growers there
5 Newby Teas Awarded at the Global Tea Championship
Newby Teas Chamomile (Photo courtesy of Newby Teas) was an outlier in the recent Global Tea Championship, winning awards for five of its teas in the Spring Hot Loose Leaf competition Sept. 29 in Boulder, Colorado. It is the only luxury international tea brand that has won 54 North American Tea Championship and Global Tea
Rimpocha: A Global Opportunity for Sustainable Tea
Rajah Banerjee (Photo courtesy of T’Classic) There are a few remaining places still unclaimed, but no one owns the earth. It is a gift to humanity, offering treasures to those willing to learn. During his 47-year stewardship as the Raj of Makaibari Tea Estate, one of India’s oldest and most celebrated tea habitats, Rajah Banerjee,
Harvest Apple Punch for Thanksgiving
This Harvest Apple Punch recipe by Tea Forte provides a fun and flavorful way to enhance any Thanksgiving gathering. It blends the Autumnal flavors of Tea Forte Harvest Apple Spice tea and apple cider with the bold flavor of aged rum and the eclectic mixture of Angostura bitters. This punch will create a Thanksgiving to
California Wildfire Claims US Tea Farm
Michael Fritts at the Golden Feather Tea garden, which was lost Thursday in a fast-moving blaze that has since become the most devastating in California history. (Photo courtesy of Golden Feather Tea) CONCOW, Calif. The Golden Feather Tea farm owned by Michael Fritts was reduced to ashes during the deadly initial hours of the largest
New Green Tea Factory Opens in Rwanda
The newly opened organic green tea factory at Sorwathe Tea Estate is the largest in Rwanda, processing 300,000 kilos of tea per year. (Photo courtesy of Rohith Peiris, Sorwathe Tea Estate) KINIHIRA, Rwanda Forty years ago, Joseph Wertheim, founder of Connecticut-based Tea Importers, built the first private tea factory in Rwanda. This month his son,
Concerns About Quality Prompt India’s Tea Board to Close Tea Factories During Winter
(Photo/Adobe Stock) JORHAT, ASSAM To be tasty tea must be processed within a few hours of plucking. Since plucking in north-eastern India ends in December the Tea Board of India announced for the first time a mandatory closing of factories during the winter to prevent the processing of stale leaves. Gardens in Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
Arunachal Pradesh Brings to Market First Wild Harvest Purple Tea
Purple tea plants in Kenya (Photo courtesy of the Tocklai Tea Research Institute) JORHAT, Assam A unique purple tea, which has its origin in Assam, made a memorable debut in India at auction selling for INRs 24,501 ($335) per kilogram, far more than it brings in Kenya which is aggressively marketing a purple varietal. The