{"id":1029,"date":"2018-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/index.php\/2018\/05\/14\/tea-industry-influencers-discuss-engaging-new-customers\/"},"modified":"2018-05-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T00:00:00","slug":"tea-industry-influencers-discuss-engaging-new-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/index.php\/2018\/05\/14\/tea-industry-influencers-discuss-engaging-new-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tea Industry Influencers Discuss Engaging New Customers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Waiter is bringing drinking and delicious desserts to clients of cafe. Photo credit: GettyImages.com<\/p>\n

World Tea News asked tea industry influencers the following question: What we as an industry need to do to engage new customers?<\/h2>\n

Here are their responses.<\/h2>\n


Make, serve, explain and inspire people about your teas\u2026. it\u2019s is a powerful, simple, affordable way to \u2018spreads the word of tea.\u2019 You can tweet, post, write forever, but nothing replaces the smiles and new fans won with a great cup of properly prepared tea.<\/p>\n

\u2014Brian Keating<\/em>
Blend Master & Founder of <\/em><\/p>\n


In my tea marketing classes I often talk about making tea more fun for all ages and to avoid making tea buying and brewing seem overly complicated and ritualistic. We\u2019ve devoted a lot of marketing to foodies who are attracted to the nuances and have the time and budget to participate in that. But this severely narrows the demographic and doesn\u2019t support the broader market that is the bread and butter of the industry.<\/p>\n

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\u2014Babette Donaldson<\/em>
President of the , author, tea educator<\/em><\/p>\n


Education. Education. Education.<\/p>\n

\u2014Richard Enticott<\/em>
Owner of <\/em><\/p>\n


Educate, educate, educate!<\/p>\n

\u2014Maria Uspenski<\/em>
Founder and CEO of , author of <\/em>Cancer Hates Tea<\/p>\n


We need to better understand what drives each type of demographic to tea and what flavor profiles those demographics are looking for. Since tea companies cannot talk about the health benefits of tea while in the act of selling tea (at least without the fear of being fined by the FDA for doing so); we need other influential and knowledgeable tea professionals to spread the word about tea and health in layman\u2019s terms. But this needs to happen for not only tea but all the wonderful herbals and tisanes that are sold as tea.<\/p>\n

\u2014Scott Svihula<\/em>
Owner of <\/em><\/p>\n


High tech tea brewing continues to allure, but nothing replaces artisan, hand-brewed service. The increasing ubiquity of slow bars in fine cafes gives a perfect \u201cin\u201d for slow bar tea. And I think the two can co-exist in harmony. There\u2019s been enough This vs That in the beverage world when it comes to technology and tradition. They should inform each other and enable each other to evolve and co-exist. They often serve entirely different customer bases \u2013 why should one replace the other, when we have so many different types of customers?<\/p>\n

\u2014Suzette Hammond<\/em>
Founder of , tea trainer and consultant<\/em><\/p>\n


We need to add the convenience aspect of tea as well as the appeal as a foodie experience. We also need to build the attractiveness of tea as a beverage choice vs coffee. Continuing to build on the health aspects of tea will keep us integral to that trend.<\/p>\n

\u2014Tim Smith<\/em>
Owner of <\/em><\/p>\n

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