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5 Ways to Celebrate National Hot Tea Month
January 2, 2019 News Elizabeth Dobos

Hot tea (Photo/Adobe Stock) January is National Hot Tea Month in the United States and Canada, and January 12 marks the fourth annual National Hot Tea Day. The United States remains the third largest tea importer in the world, according to International Tea Committee statistics. Russia and Pakistan are first and second. It is appropriate

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India Establishes a Firm Date for First Pluck
January 2, 2019 News Dan Bolton

(Newly sprouted tea leaves. Photo/Adobe Stock) The Tea Board of India has for the first time established a start date for plucking tea. Mandating a period of dormancy in winter to improve quality, the Tea Board subsequently determined that Feb. 11, 2019 is the earliest tea can be plucked for the first flush. The order

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Asian Tea Conference was held in Indonesia
December 24, 2018 CTMA News, News ctma

On December 17th, Asian Tea Conference was held in Jakarta, Indonesia. President of China Tea Marketing Association, Mr.Wang Qing was invited and made important speech. President of Indonesian Tea Association, Mrs. Cathalia Randing, Secretary-General of Indian Tea Association, Mr. Arijit Raha, and other nearly 100 people attended the conference, including leaders of relevant government departments,

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China Tea Marketing Association went to Kolkata, India for cooperation and exchanges
December 18, 2018 CTMA News, News ctma

On December 12nd-13rd, Mr. Wang Qing, president of China Tea Marketing Association, led a Chinese tea delegation to Kolkata, India, and held discussions with Indian Tea Association and Indian Tea Committee on tea importing and exporting trade and marketing, international tea prices, global tea consuming market development, tea quality safety and inspection, etc. China-India Tea

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Sri Lanka Tea Strikers Jeopardize Export
December 17, 2018 News Dan Bolton

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.

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Tripura Tea Growers Seek India Tea Board Branding as Tripureshwari Tea
December 11, 2018 News Dan Bolton

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

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Rishi Sources Globally to Develop Local Drink Concepts
December 11, 2018 News Dan Bolton

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

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5  Newby Teas Awarded at the Global Tea Championship
December 3, 2018 News Elizabeth Dobos

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

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Rimpocha: A Global Opportunity for Sustainable Tea
November 27, 2018 News Dan Bolton

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,

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Harvest Apple Punch for Thanksgiving
November 19, 2018 News Elizabeth Dobos

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

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