Category: News

Tea Opportunity for Florida Growers
June 11, 2018 News Peter Keen

Waverly Tea Estate, near Waverly, Fla., is one of the first citrus orchards to experiment with growing tea. Tea was first planted in 2011 but larger-scale production took an additional five years. Can tea become an alternative crop in Florida for its mainstay citrus crops? That’s the question that business owners and university researchers across

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5 New Ways to Serve Rooibos
June 11, 2018 News Elizabeth Dobos

Healthy rooibos red tea latte topped with cinnamon; GettyImages.com Rooibos has long been enjoyed in South Africa, and now Americans and Europeans are appreciating the brew in various formats. Here are five creative ways to serve rooibos. Rooibos Espresso and Lattes In March, launched two Rooibos Lattes: the Starbucks Rooibos Latte and the Red Apple

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Bigelow Tea Becomes Benefit Corporation
June 7, 2018 News Press Release

Photo credit: BigelowTea.com Bigelow Tea is announcing the recently attained distinction of becoming a Benefit Corporation. The family company is the No. 1 Specialty Tea market leader, manufacturing “Constant Comment”® and more than 150 tea varieties sold nationwide. Now officially registered as a Benefit Corporation, it is one of a select group of companies that

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Budding Products: RTD Cascara, Chai and Rooibos
May 29, 2018 News Elizabeth Dobos

Peloton Launches RTD Cascara Tea West Chester, Pennsylvania-based coffee company formulated a new line of four ready-to-drink cascara teas. Cascara is the Spanish word for “husk” and is the name used for the dried skins that encompass coffee beans. It is full of antioxidants gleaned from chlorogenic acid, while containing less caffeine than coffee. Peloton’s

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This Home Brewer is Built to Do it All
May 22, 2018 News Dan Bolton

Pico Brewer Kickstarter is the birthplace of many devices, clever ideas all, but littered in the aftermath are many tales in which donors funded a product only to see it fail to materialize. That is why some viewed with skepticism the launch last week of ’s combination craft beer maker that brews kombucha and makes

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Teacraft’s Nigel Melican to Receive ‘The John Harney Lifetime Achievement Award’ at World Tea Expo, June 12-14 in Las Vegas
May 21, 2018 News Aaron Kiel

Melican to Be Honored During the World Tea Awards at World Tea Expo on June 12 Nigel Melican has been made a centenary chair at the Tea Research Association of India NEW YORK (May 23, 2018) — Nigel Melican, managing director of , will receive The John Harney Lifetime Achievement Award at , to be

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Budding Products: More Matcha for Summertime
May 21, 2018 News Elizabeth Dobos

Pinkberry Introduces ‘A Perfect Matcha’ (PRNewsfoto/Pinkberry) Scottsdale, Arizona-based launched a new frozen beverage just in time for summer. A Perfect Matcha is a perfect match of Pinkberry’s new Green Tea Lemonade frozen yogurt, pineapple and mango toppings and a sprinkle of matcha powder. It will be available through June 21. “The vibrant new Green Tea

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Wildlife Conservation in India’s Tea Gardens
May 15, 2018 News Sam Molineaux

Stock.Adobe.com One of the world’s largest animals, the majestic elephant holds a dear place in most people’s hearts. However, a stressed elephant can kill a human with one strike of its trunk, a fact known only too well by India’s tea plantation workers, where conflict between humans and elephants is rife. Although elephants are still

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Nestle-Starbucks Alliance Brings Mutual Benefits
May 14, 2018 News Dan Bolton

Teavana has sold more than 1.9 million bottles of Teavana bottled tea through the partnership with Anheuser-Busch. Brands get all the attention, but distribution is the formidable skeleton that enables food and beverage titans such as Nestlé ($90 billion), PepsiCo ($63 billion), Coca-Cola ($42 billion) and Kraft Heinz ($26 billion) to generate $25 to $100

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Starbucks Expands Retail Reach in $7B Deal with Nestlé
May 8, 2018 News Nancy Luna

Swiss food giant to sell chain’s packaged coffee worldwide Starbucks is expanding the global distribution of its packaged coffee and single-serve pods under a $7 billion cash deal with Swiss food giant Nestlé, which owns Nespresso and Dolce Gusto coffee systems. Nestlé is paying Seattle-based Starbucks $7.15 billion for the rights to market, sell, and

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