The China Tea Marketing Association (CTMA)
The China Tea Marketing Association (CTMA) was found in 1992
Category: News
Category: News
West Bengal Tea Planters Appeal to Workers to Accept Wage Compromise
WEST BENGAL, India Tea workers in India A three-day strike last week by more than 400,000 tea workers from Darjeeling to the Dooars and Terai tea growing regions halted production at hundreds of tea gardens leading to a loss in volume and quality according to planters. The region is “in no position to bear any
Sustainability of Assam’s Tea Industry Questioned
Prabhat Bezboruah, India Tea Board Chair Stagnant prices lead industry captains to question the long-term sustainability of the tea industry in Assam. Speaking at the general meeting of the Assam Tea Planters’ Association (ATPA), the oldest body of ethnic tea planters in the Brahmaputra Valley, India Tea Board Chairman Prabhat Kamal Bezboruah last month cautioned
Local Governments in Kenya Seek to Repossess Tea Lands from Multinationals
With a high altitude and virtually daily rains, Kericho is the centre of Kenya’s large tea industry. Some of the largest tea companies including Unilever Kenya (here on the photo), James Finlay and Williamson tea are based here. Photo: GettyImages.com As the expiry date nears on 99-year tea estate leases, local counties in Kenya are
Budding Products: Creative Kombuchas
Taste GT’s Unity Kombucha #GTsUnity Bottle (PRNewsfoto/GT’s Living Foods) Beverly Hills, California-based introduced its limited-edition Unity kombucha for the summer. Two hands clasping in unity distinguishes its package design. The Unity kombucha flavor is a blend of cherry, coconut and lemongrass. It is available through Aug. 31. GT’s also is promoting its “Unity” Spotify playlist
Kenya Court Halts Unilever Voluntary Retirement Program
Workers harvest tea in Kenya. Photo: GettyImages.com Kenya is experiencing a tense transition as owners of colonial-era tea plantations abandon tightly held vertical supply chains in favor of less expensive and more agile options for sourcing and processing tea. Unilever’s Kericho tea operations, which date to 1924, include 20 estates spanning 21,500 acres (8,700 hectares)
San Francisco Straw Ban Prompts Boba Crisis
Iced milky bubble tea with tapioca pearls. Fruit and berry bubble tea variety. Raspberry, mango, lemon mint bubble tea. Photo: GettyImages.com 2018 is shaping up to be the Year of the Plastic Straw Ban: Seattle 2018, Santa Barbara 2019, Disney 2019, San Francisco 2020, Starbucks 2020, Taiwan 2030, plus Now and Soon and Sometime American
4 International Teas to Watch in U.S. Beverage Market
Moringa; photo: GettyImages.com ROCKVILLE, Maryland—The genie is out of the (ready-to-drink) bottle when it comes to a growing number of U.S. consumers willing to try beverages from all over the world. A slowdown in immigration might reduce the speed with which the trend takes place, but in the long run, the U.S. will remain a
Charleston Tea Plantation Co-founder Dies
Mack Fleming In 1987 when Thomas J. Lipton Co., decided to divest its only U.S. tea farm on Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina, horticulturalist Mack James Fleming and tea broker Bill Hall purchased the property, saving for posterity the Charleston Tea Plantation and the American Classic tea brand. Fleming, 75, died last week at his home
Steampunk Brings Precision to Tea Brewing
Photo courtesy of Alpha Dominche The typical American teahouse doesn’t have an automated tea brewer, simply because there are very few commercial-grade machines on the market. Instead, teas are usually hand-brewed—often several at once—which is time consuming and customarily imprecise. To modernize tea brewing, create consistency and make tea shop employees’ jobs easier, , a
What Defines Specialty Tea?
Jasmine Pearl Pioneer specialty coffee trader Erna Knutsen, who passed away this summer at 96, was among the first green coffee buyers to champion the skills of coffee growers and to recognize the taste benefits of quality processing techniques. In her catalog of offerings Knutsen described characteristics inherent in terroir and priced them into transactions.