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Profit Made SimpleJourney from the Church to Entrepreneurial Success with Dan BoltonIn this captivating episode recorded in the city of Dubai, Dan Henderson sits down with Dan Bolton, a renowned coach and thought leader. Dan shares his extraordinary journey from a chaotic upbringing in New Zealand to becoming a successful entrepreneurial coach. He recounts his early days as a sex education presenter, his nearly decade-long stint as a youth pastor, and his intuitive decision to leave the church in 2018 to venture into entrepreneurship. Inspired by figures like Sam Ovens and Tai Lopez, Dan built a digital agency and eventually transitioned to coaching, scaling his business to a $347,000 cash month in...2024-12-101h 20
Tea BizTea News Recap | March 1, 2024Hear the Headlines - Tea BizIncreased Food Safety Testing of Indian Tea Reveals 42% Failure Rate | Kenya Tea Growers Report Double-digit Increase in Volume and Record Payout | Kumaon Growers Break Ground on a Grower Community-Owned Factory | PLUS: Dispelling Tea Gloom and Doom | Joydeep Phukan, the Principal Officer and Secretary of India’s Tea Research Association (TRA), discusses reasons for optimism in 2024. | Dan Bolton | Tea Biz Blog | Podcast | Episode 157 | Learn more www.tea-biz.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tea-biz/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: http...2024-03-0110 min
Tea BizTwo-thirds of Top Economists Predict Weak Economies in 2023 | Tea News Year in ReviewHEAR THE HEADLINES – The New Year Brings Predictions of a Global Recession | Two-thirds of the world’s top economists predict economic weakness globally in 2023, according to the World Economic Forum, meeting this week in Davos, Switzerland. | Argentina Celebrates its Tea Centennial | Toronto Tea Festival Returns| NEWSMAKER – Dan Bolton, Founding Editor/Publisher Tea Biz Blog | Podcast| FEATURE INTRO – This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Tea Biz Blog and the 100th episode of the Tea Biz Podcast. Listeners in 117 countries have downloaded at least one of the 36,474 streams since 2021. The podcast is most popular in these co...2023-01-2020 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - November 25, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – The Tea Industry Welcomes The Climate Summit’s Damage and Loss Fund as wealthy nations agree to pay to repair monumental damage | Solidaridad Asia Hosts India’s First International Small Tea Grower Convention | Japan Expands the Reach of its National World O-CHA Festival
| NEWSMAKER – Rudra Chatterjee, Managing Director, Luxmi Estates
| FEATURE INTRO – Rudra Chatterjee, the dynamic managing director of Luxmi Tea, has expanded and diversified the venerable 30-million-kilo bulk tea producer into direct-to-consumer retail. Luxmi, which operates 25 estates in India and Africa, has shortened the supply chain to deliver fresher tea and now source...2022-11-2537 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - November 18, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – India Tea Exports Rise as Sri Lanka’s Decline | Comparisons of export data through the first eight months of the year reveal a significant shift in the global market for orthodox processed black tea | Extreme Heat Concerns are Raised at the Ongoing COP27 Climate Summit in Egypt | Founder Sandip Thapa Explains the Cuppa Trade Tea eMarketplace
| NEWSMAKER – Seth Goldman, CEO of Eat the Change, founder of Just Ice Tea
| FEATURE INTRO – Tea Biz visits Just Ice Tea founder Seth Goldman this week in Bethesda, Maryland. Seth launched the new low-sugar, organic, Fairtrade tea bran...2022-11-1800 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - November 11, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Funding Initiatives at the UN Climate Summit are Vital to Tea as prevention gives way to funding repairs | Bangladesh Production Rebounds After Strike | New Tea Tourism Handbook Elevates Immersive Travel
| NEWSMAKER – Michael D. Ham, co-founder and company president of Wild Orchard
| FEATURE INTRO – This week, Tea Biz explores the exotic Jeju Island off the coast of South Korea, where Wild Orchard Regenerative Tea is grown. Michael D. Ham, co-founder and president of the company, describes in detail the cultivation and multiple washings during the processing of these award-winning teas. He said the result...2022-11-1128 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - November 4, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Pricing Tea in a Slogging Economy | Indicators suggest a recession is imminent | The International Tea Academy “Leafies” are Awarded | Sales of Herbal Infusions are Expected to Double this Decade
| NEWSMAKER – Professor Sylvain Charlebois, senior director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia
| FEATURE INTRO – Canadian Economist Sylvain Charlebois sees a lot of positives for the tea industry but cautioned that inflation is an economic disease that will linger. Supply chain challenges remain. The macro-dynamics around commodities are getting more complicated, he said, “The fall is not going to be an eas...2022-11-0425 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - October 28, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Sri Lanka’s Tea Sector Opposes Doubling Corporate Tax | IMF bailout forces bankrupt government to collect more revenue | Vietnamese Tea Exports Experience Slow Decline | Kenya Expands its Orthodox Tea Capability| NEWSMAKER – Joydeep Phukan, the Principal Officer and Secretary of India’s Tea Research Association| FEATURE INTRO – Joydeep Phukan, the Principal Officer and Secretary of India’s Tea Research Association, discusses a unified agricultural standard for tea fields and factories. The new standards are aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Introduced in September, the standards will be fully implemented in January 2023.2022-10-2825 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - October 21, 2022| HEAR THE HEADLINES – AVPA Names Teas of the World Winners | Contest entries increased by 21% to more than 300, including several from less well-known origins | India Lifts Tea Blending Ban to the Relief of Darjeeling Growers | Falling Green Leaf Prices Distress Assam Smallholders see Roopak Goswami’s in-depth report on the Tea Biz Blog.
| NEWSMAKER – Nishchal Banskota, Founder Nepal Tea Collective
| FEATURE INTRO – This week, Tea Biz travels to New York, where Nishchal Banskota, founder of the Nepal Tea Collective, shares his vision of a public benefit corporation that shifts the focus to creating value for every stakehold...2022-10-2125 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - October 14, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Dietary Recommendations Proposed for Flavanols found in Tea | The National Institutes of Health (NIH) to consider dietary recommendations for first bioactive compounds | Colombo Tea Auction Prices Reach an All-Time High | India Rolls Out a Digital Retail Network for Small Grocers
| NEWSMAKER – Raj Vable, founder of Young Mountain Tea
| FEATURE INTRO – This week, Tea Biz travels to the Himalayan peaks of Kumaon, India, where Raj Vable, founder of Young Mountain Tea, is helping finance the construction of a farmer-owned tea processing facility with a capacity of 75,000 metric tons per year ⎼ enough to sustain a village...2022-10-1424 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - October 7, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Kenya Announces a National Tea Brand | President William Ruto makes value addition in tea exports a priority and announces new tea processing and packaging facility in Mombasa | Euromonitor Report Advises Targeting Customers by Type | Lipton to Launch a Hard Tea Brand in 2023
| NEWSMAKER – Peris Mudida, CEO Kenya Tea Board
| FEATURE INTRO – Peris Mudida, chief executive officer of the newly re-established Kenya Tea Board in Nairobi, shares her vision and describes the tea board's mandate to regulate, sustainably develop, and promote the tea sub-sector.
Kenya Repositions its Tea Board to Meet Challe...2022-10-0720 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - September 30, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Tea Consumption Globally Increases to an Average 800 Grams Per Person | The International Tea Committee revised its per capita benchmark, noting a 113% increase in tea consumption during the past 20 years. | Parcel Carriers Hike Rates as Delivery Demand Declines | Tea Drinkers Experience Lower Risk of Diabetes
This week Tea Biz travels to the North American Tea Conference on the shores of Lake Ontario. The three-day conference drew tea professionals from around the world. This year’s conference opened with a status report on global tea presented by Ian Gibbs, head of the International Tea Committee in Lond...2022-09-3041 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - September 23, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – FAO Reports that Progress Toward Sustainable Agriculture has Stalled in Many Regions | Sustainability remains a priority and trending, but the implementation of the UN FAO’s Agriculture goals was hampered by war, COVID-19, and climate change | Tea Relief for Pakistan | Outsider Offers $157 Million to Buy McLeod Russel India
| NEWSMAKER – Jami Lewchik, Head of TAZO and Portfolio Sustainability, eketerra Americas
| FEATURE INTRO – This week, Tea Biz travels to Connecticut to discuss with Jami Lewchik the ambitious task of certifying TAZO Regenerative’s entire line of teas and ingredients.
TAZO Adopts a Regenerati...2022-09-2326 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - September 16, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Stubborn Inflation Nudges US Economy Toward Cliff | Tea brands brace for a downturn as core inflation remains high, undermining consumer confidence | Starbucks Announces a Retail Renaissance | Orthodox Tea Exports Fall Short of Demand
| NEWSMAKER – Dr. Roshan Rajadurai, the Managing Director from Hayleys’ plantations, managing agents for Kelani Valley, Tallawakelle, and Horona plantations
| FEATURE INTRO – This week, Tea Biz travels to Sri Lanka to assess the condition of a resilient tea industry following an unsettling spring marred by high unemployment in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic. For several months tens of thousands proteste...2022-09-1625 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - September 9, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – There’s Ample Tea for Sanctioned Russians: After six months of sanctions, the tea aisles in Russian grocery stores display few European brands, but the shelves are not bare | Kenya’s Tea Industry Suffers Collateral Damage Due to Sanctions | Tata Consumer Products is on the Hunt
| NEWSMAKER – Kevin Gascoyne, partner Camellia Sinensis, Montreal, Canada
| FEATURE INTRO – Tea Biz travels to the newly remodeled Camellia Sinensis tea house in Montreal, Canada, for a conversation with partner Kevin Gascoyne: Our stores have always offered options to smell the tea, he says, but we wanted to capture...2022-09-0930 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - September 2, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – China’s Heatwave Deadly to Tea and Man | Summer yields are expected to decline sharply, and autumn teas are in jeopardy | Bangladesh Tea Workers End Strike | Study Shows Tea Drinkers Live a Little Longer
| NEWSMAKER – Alan Lai, founder and CEO of ProfilePrint, Singapore
| FEATURE INTRO – ProfilePrint is a digital food analyzer that distills sensory data from plant-based samples in seconds. The result is a digital fingerprint used to describe tea samples' quality, origin, and composition. The software is predictive and capable of making blending recommendations for tea.
A Digital Tea Fingerpri...2022-09-0223 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - August 19, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – As Peak Retail Season Nears, Experts Anticipate Holiday eTailing to Top $1 Trillion | Bangladesh Tea Workers Strike Nationwide | Green Tea is Good for the Gut
| NEWSMAKER – Darian Rodriguez Heyman, Executive Director of the Numi Foundation
| FEATURE INTRO – The Numi Tea Foundation coordinates fundraising efforts to bring safe drinking water and life-saving essentials to Ukrainians displaced by war.
Numi Organic Tea Together for H2OPE: Ukraine – Millions of Ukrainians have been displaced by the Russian invasion of their country. People have been forced to flee, leaving their families, friends, possessions, homes, and even hom...2022-08-1923 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - August 12, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – TAZO Tea Embraces Regenerative Ag | Ingredients in Reformulations are Verified Regenerative | Tea Labor Unrest in Bangladesh | Canada Requires Front of Pack Nutrition Warning Labels
| GUEST – Quentin Vennie, co-founder of Equitea, Baltimore, Maryland USA
| FEATURE INTRO – Tea Biz this week travels to Baltimore, Maryland, to talk with Equitea co-founder Quentin Vennie about three new condition-specific canned, cold-brewed tea blends formulated to ease anxiety and depression, improve focus, and calm young people coping with ADHD.
Cold-Brewed Calm – Author and wellness expert Quentin Vennie, with his wife Erin, on the advice of their son’s ne...2022-08-1220 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - August 5, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – India Considers Tough New Import Restrictions for Nepal Tea | IMF Bailout Talks with Sri Lanka to Resume | Kenya’s Ag Minister Reverses the Government’s Position Favoring Mechanization
| NEWSMAKER – Aasha Bhandari, International Trade and Promotion Executive at HIMCOOP, the Himalaya Tea Producers Co-operative
| FEATURE INTRO – Tea Biz this week travels to Kathmandu, Nepal, where Aasha Bhandari describes how Asia’s enthusiasm for golden tips powered Nepalese tea producers through the pandemic. HIMCOOP, the Himalaya Tea Producers Co-operative, is a consortium of tea producers founded in 2003.
Nepal Opportunity – The Eastern Nepal region has led...2022-08-0523 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - July 29, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – | Generation Z and Leisurely Tea | Survey Shows Retail Frontline Workers Exhausted and Underappreciatedand | India’s Tea Employment Plateau | PLUS Tea Biz travels to Kansas City, Missouri to discuss with Emilie Jackson, founder of Emilie’s French Teas, the ongoing evolution of specialty retail at independent shops and tearooms.
| GUEST – Emilie (Potier) Jackson, co-founder Emilie's French Teas
| FEATURE INTRO – Tea Biz this week travels to Kansas City, Missouri, where we discuss with Emilie Jackson, founder of Emilie’s French Teas, the ongoing evolution of specialty retail at independent shops and tearooms.The French Finish – Emi...2022-07-2926 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - July 22, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Bypassing Sanctions is Benefitting India’s Tea Industry | Reinvention is Routine at Starbucks | South Africa's Rooibos Industry Makes First Payout to Indigenous Communities
| NEWSMAKER – Niraj de Mel, Chair Sri Lanka Tea Board
| FEATURE INTRO – Tea Biz travels to Sri Lanka this week, where newly appointed Tea Board Chair Niraj de Mel is rallying tea stakeholders – growers, manufacturers, producers, brokers, and exporters – in the face of formidable challenges. De Mel told Tea Biz correspondent Dananjaya Silva, “I am privileged to take on this role at such a crucial time.”
Sri Lanka is Relying on its...2022-07-2220 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - July 15, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Sri Lankan Tea to the Rescue | India’s Monsoon Rainfall Exceeds 2021 Totals | Vancouver Hosts Bubble Tea Festival July 22-23
| GUEST – Ksenia Hleap, Director of Communications and Development at Agence pour la Valorisation des Produits Agricoles (AVPA)
| FEATURE INTRO – The Fifth Edition of the annual Teas of the World International Contest is underway. Tea producers from around the world are invited to submit entries to AVPA, the Agency for the Valorization of Agricultural Products. Samples are due by the first of August.
More than a Medal – AVPA’s annual tea competition offers more th...2022-07-1523 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - July 8, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Ekaterra Names Nathalia Roos CEO and Pierre Laubies chair of the Board | Coca-Cola Launches an Herbal Tea Line in China | A Tea Scented Perfume Wins the Prestigious Art and Olfaction Award
| GUEST – Tea Book Club founder Kyle Whittington
| FEATURE INTRO – Kyle Whittington reviews The Teabowl: East and West, a book authored by Dr. Bonnie Kemske, a ceramic artist for the past 30 years, curator, and long-time student of the Japanese tea ceremony.
The Teabowl: East and West – This wonderful book by Bonnie Kemske is a very personal, human look at an object and...2022-07-0815 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - July 1, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – China Eases Travel Restrictions | Sri Lanka Crisis Worsens | Sustainability Survey Reveals the Tea Industry’s Cautious Optimism
| GUESTS – Nigel D’Souza, Dejoo Tea Estate, and Niraj Mani Chourasia, Nonaipara Tea Estate
| FEATURE INTRO – This week, Tea Biz travels to the vast tea estates of Assam, India, where a high incidence of fatal encounters among tea workers interacting with elephants, leopards, and snakes led two Goodricke Group senior managers – who are avid wildlife photographers – to capture animal behavior as situational awareness is critical in avoiding human-animal conflicts.
Avoiding Human-Animal Conflict – Two tea estate manage...2022-07-0121 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - June 24, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Tea Retailers Brace for Recession | Kenya Tea Prices Rebound | Pakistan Asks Citizens to Cut Back on Tea
| GUEST – Tracy Bell, co-founder of Millennia Tea in New Brunswick, Canada
| FEATURE INTRO – Millennia Tea in New Brunswick, Canada, sells raw tea leaves as food. The leaves are washed, chopped, frozen, and sold by major grocers to be brewed as fresh green tea or formed into cubes to be blended in smoothies.
Farm to Freezer – Millennia Tea co-founder Tracy Bell explains that “instead of picking the leaves and then withering them and processing them in a n...2022-06-2426 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insights - June 10, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Bottled Tea is Bouncing Back | Honest Tea Co-Founder Seth Goldman Will Launch a Rival Tea Brand | Tea Parcels Contribute to Record Carrier Volume
| GUEST – Suzette Hammond, tea educator and founder of Chicago-based Being Tea
| FEATURE INTRO: This week Tea Biz correspondent Jessica Natale Woollard travels to Chicago, where Suzette Hammond, founder of the Being Tea school, describes an expanded eight-month course on how to be a brilliant tea educator. Hammond recognized a gap in tea training: tea professionals are not taught how to teach how to deliver meaningful programs in a small group...2022-06-1025 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insights - June 3, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Food Safety is in the Spotlight | Tea Bushes Globally are Taking a Beating this Spring Due to Climate Change | The UK Tea Academy Announces “The Leafies,” a Whole Leaf Tea Competition
| FEATURE INTRO – This week, Tea Biz is at home in Winnipeg, Canada celebrating the 6th Anniversary of the magazine’s launch and asking readers, ‘What comes next?’
Learning by Listening - Six years ago today, after a sleepless night, I learned that Kickstarter donors in 36 countries had pledged $128,107 in donations to fund Tea Journey magazine, making Tea Journey the third-highest of 1,098 Kickstarter cr...2022-06-0317 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - May 27, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Coca-Cola Discontinues the Iconic Honest Tea Brand | The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization says that Embracing Sustainable Agriculture is Essential for Tea Smallholders | Starbucks Exits the Russian Market after 15 years, closing 130 locations
| GUESTS – Denise Atkinson and Marc Bohémier, co-founders of Tea Horse in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
| FEATURE INTRO – Jessica Natale Woollard travels to the northern shores of Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada, where Anishinaabe tea blenders of the First Nation’s Obijwe clan combine locally harvested wild rice with imported Japanese sencha to create roasted wild rice genmaicha. They call t...2022-05-2724 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - May 20, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Let’s All Celebrate International Tea Day | The Tea Day Sofa Summit is Monday, May 23 | Global Instability is Suppressing East African Tea Prices
| NEWSMAKER – Sneha Balasubramaniam, Head of Marketing and Innovation at Tata Consumer Products
| FEATURE INTRO – This week Tea Biz travels to Montvale, New Jersey to the headquarters of Good Earth Tea a division of Tata Consumer Products that is celebrating its 50th Anniversary with a revival of two beloved teas.Good Earth Tea Celebrates 50th Anniversary – The Good Earth brand was founded in 1972 by a Santa Cruz-based herbal tea company that suppli...2022-05-2019 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - May 13, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES: Tea Value Surges as Production Slows in China | International Tea Day is May 21. The Sofa Summit is on May 23 | Dan Bolton explains People’s Picky Preferences in Tea at an International Tea Day webinar hosted by the European Speciality Tea Association on Wednesday, May 18. Register free: https://specialityteaeurope.com/webinars
| NEWSMAKER – Ian Chun is a Japanese tea merchant, marketer, and CEO of Matcha Latte Media in Tokyo.
| FEATURE INTRO – Japan set a record for tea exports in 2021. This week, Tea Biz travels to Tokyo to discuss with Yunomi Life founder Ian Chun Japan’s...2022-05-1323 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - May 6, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – India Resumes Tea Shipments to the Russian Federation | COVID Surge Makes Tea Packing Unpredictable| Special Report: Beyond Tea Cuisine
| GUESTS – Brand owners Nikita Mittal, Dhiraj Arora & Priti Sen Arora, Anubha Jawar, tea producers and industry veterans, Jagjeet Kandal, Vikram Gulia, Atul Asthana, Ajay Jalan, Raj Barooah, and Rajah Banerjee
| FEATURE INTRO – This week Tea Biz returns to Bengaluru where South Asia Editor and Producer Aravinda Anantharaman concludes a two-part series on Realigning the Marketing of Indian Tea with the questions needed to solve the mammoth task of rebranding the industry as it coaxes...2022-05-0632 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - April 29, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Health Symposium Reveals a Plethora of Science-based Benefits of Tea | COVID-Influenced Consumer Behaviors Present New Opportunities for the Tea Industry | Sri Lanka Tea Exports Decline 10%
| GUEST – Jagjeet Kandal, country head, IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative
| FEATURE INTRO – This week, Tea Biz travels to Bengaluru, where South Asia Editor and Producer Aravinda Anantharaman begins a two-part series on Realigning the Marketing of Indian Tea.
Realigning the Marketing of Indian Tea – India produces 20% of the world’s tea. Production, however, has stagnated for years. Costs are up prices flat. Professional tasters report sharp decl...2022-04-2927 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - April 22, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Snarls in Logistics and Cool Weather Slow China's Tea Harvest | Crisis in Sri Lanka Worsens | Shizuoka Hand-Rolled Tea Brings a Record 1.96 million Yen at Auction
| GUEST – Jane Pettigrew, BEM, author, educator, consultant, and founder of the UK Tea Academy
| FEATURE INTRO – Jane Pettigrew describes the remarkable evolution of the UK Tea Academy into an innovative global tea education resource that has emerged from the chaos of COVID-19
Online Adaptations Enhance and Expand Tea Education – By Dananjaya Silva | PMD Tea The United Kingdom Tea Academy is recognized as a world authority for onli...2022-04-2225 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - April 15, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – The Heightened Urgency of Earth Day 2022 | Smallholders Now Own Rwanda’s Largest Tea Factory | The Mombasa Tea Auction Completes its Switch to Digital
| GUEST – Maksym Malygin, owner of Ukraine's Zhornyna Experimental Tea Garden
| FEATURE INTRO – This week, Tea Biz travels to Ukraine, where tea grower Maksym Malygin produces tasty oolongs from cold-resistant plants whose ancestors survived decades of heavy snow during prolonged winters at temperatures as low as 26 degrees below zero Celsius.
Ukraine's Cold Weather Tea – Virtually all the world’s tea is grown between latitudes 20 degrees north and 20 degrees south of the e...2022-04-1520 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - April 8, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – A Global Recession Looms | A Realignment of the Orthodox Tea Supply Chain is Underway | Assam to Open First High Schools for Children of Tea Workers
| GUEST – Korangani Tea Estate planter and mechanical engineer Ranjit Chaliha
| FEATURE INTRO – In this installment of Frugal Innovations, Tea Biz travels to Assam, India, to meet planter and mechanical engineer Ranjit Chaliha who describes the Varun, a device named after the Hindi God of Wind that recirculates heated exhaust to conserve energy and eliminate the inconsistencies in tea dryers that lower tea quality.
Achieving Consistency and Ef...2022-04-0823 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - April 1, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Sri Lanka Tea Harvest is Under Duress | China faces a Qing Ming Quandary | Tea and Productivity are Twinned
| NEWSMAKER – Sri Lanka Tea Board Chairman Mr. Jayampathy Molligoda
| FEATURE INTRO – This week Tea Biz travels to Sri Lanka where London-based correspondent Dananjaya Silva speaks with the chairman of the Sri Lanka Tea Board about its decision to pursue a Geographical Indication by the European Union. GI status affords global trade protection under the World Trade Organization and officially recognizes the authenticity of the Ceylon brand.
Why Sri Lanka is Seeking Geographical Indicat...2022-04-0122 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - March 25, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – American Consumers say The Worst of the Coronavirus Pandemic has Passed | Expect Strong Venture Capital Support for Retail in 2022 | Join Tea Biz "On the Floor" at World Tea Conference + Expo| PLUS listen to how the Boba Guys are Building a Gateway to Tea
| NEWSMAKER – Andrew Chau, co-founder and CEO Boba Guys, bubble tea shops in San Francisco. Los Angeles and New York City
| FEATURE INTRO – This week Tea Biz traveled to Las Vegas for the World Tea Conference + Expo where Boba Tea CEO Andrew Chau, a featured speaker, explains how relentless attention to qua...2022-03-2521 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - March 18, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Russia and India Pursue Sanction Workarounds for Tea | Tea Party at the Top of the World | Tea Biz Previews the 20th Anniversary World Tea Expo
| GUEST – Rajiv Lochan, founder of Lochan Tea and owner of the Doke Tea Estate in Bihar, India
| FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to Siliguri, India to speak with Rajiv Lochan, founder of the Doke Tea Estate in Bihar, a non-traditional tea growing region bounded by West Bengal, Sikkim, and Nepal. Lochan’s marketing mastery has literally put Bihar on the official map of India’s tea-growing regions.2022-03-1821 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - March 11, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Beverage Multinationals Suspend Operations in Russia | Once Unleashed, Sanctions Have an Unpredictable Bite | Extreme Winter Transitions to a Gentle Spring
| NEWSMAKER – Ian Gibbs, chairman since 2016 of the International Tea Committee
| FEATURES – This week, Tea Biz travels to the UK offices of the International Tea Committee, where Chairman Ian Gibbs describes several immediate and possibly long-term impacts on the global tea trade - stemming from the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.
Payment Concerns Further Disrupt Tea Supply Chain – During a period of upheaval caused by the pandemic, the tea industry’s newest worries include...2022-03-1125 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - March 4, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Russian Invasion Roils Tea Trade | Duncans Troubled Tea Gardens are Bought Out of Bankruptcy | The Pandemic Transformed Tea Tourism, a TEAIN22 Forecast
| NEWSMAKER – Anil Cooke, managing director and CEO of Asia Siyaka Commodities
| FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to Colombo, Sri Lanka to assess the impact of the war in Ukraine on one of the Russian Federation’s most important tea trading partners. Correspondent Dananjaya Silva spoke with veteran exporter Anil Cooke, managing director and CEO of Asia Siyaka Commodities. Cooke's insights offer clarity amid a fast-changing crisis that is disturbing global ha...2022-03-0427 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - February 25, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – The Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says the Tea Industry Can Help Transform the Global AgriFood System | Domestic Demand Drives Bangladesh’s Surge in Production | Tea Biz Recounts 2021’s Advances in Health & Wellness, a TEAIN22 Forecast.
| GUEST – Mike Bunston, OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire), is chairman of the London Tea History Association, honorary chairman of the International Tea Committee, and serves as Sri Lanka’s Tea Ambassador.
| FEATURES – This week, Tea Biz travels to the Tea History Collection in the UK, where Bernadine Tay...2022-02-2523 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - February 18, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Globally, Tea Consumption is Regaining its Momentum | West Lake Longjing Digital Authentication Launches March 1
| Tea Acquisitions, and Mergers Were Few in 2021, a TEAIN22 Forecast
| GUEST – Christine Folch, assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Duke University in North Carolina
| FEATURES – This week, Tea Biz travels to Duke University in North Carolina, where Jessica Woollard explores the cultural underpinnings and growing interest in drinking Yaupon tea. Yaupon is made from the caffeinated leaves of a species of holly tree native to the Americas. Close relatives include Yerba Mate and Guayusa.
The Cultural...2022-02-1821 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - February 11, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Restaurants are Clawing Back to Normal | Nepal Tea Exports Plunge | Tea is a Bit Tepid in Grocery, a TEAIN22 Forecast
| NEWSMAKER – Elizeth R.S. van der Vorst, Consultora de Negócios do Chá, Certified TAC Tea Sommelier
| FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to South America where tea lovers from across Brazil are organizing the country’s first Tea Culture Week scheduled for early August 2022. Amigos dos Cha founder Elizeth R.S. van der Vorst, Eli to her friends, and Yuri Hayashi, founder of Escola de Chá Embahú in São Paulo announced the...2022-02-1123 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - February 4, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Finlays’ and Firmenich Partner in Tea and Coffee | Japan Tea Exports Rise to New Record | Nothing is Normal in Tea Logistics, a TEANIN22 Forecast | PLUS The IDH Roadmap to a Living Wage| NEWSMAKER – Judith Fraats, senior program manager IDH, the sustainable trade initiative| FEATURES – This week, Tea Biz travels to Amsterdam in the Netherlands where Judith Fraats, senior program manager at IDH, the sustainable trade initiative, discusses the IDH living wage roadmap and how tea companies can ensure a living wage for workers at every link of the supply chain.IDH Roadmap to a Living Wage –A sustaina...2022-02-0424 minTea BizTea Biz News and Insight - January 28, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Intestinal Bacteria Tied to Low COVID Deaths | Food Inflation Eases | Trade and Tariffs Boost Globalization, a TEAIN2022 forecast | PLUS BRÜ Debuts at CES | ISTA Specialty Tea Standards
| NEWSMAKER – BRÜ Maker One inventor Bogdan Krinitchko
| GUEST – Andrew McNeill, International Specialty Tea Association
| FEATURES – This week, Tea Biz travels to Zurich, Switzerland, where BRÜ co-founder Bogdan Krinitchko describes the Consumer Electronics Show debut of his award-winning specialty tea brewer…and then to Tucson, Arizona, where the International Specialty Tea Association announced it has developed evaluation protocols and assembled a panel of tasters who share a c...2022-01-2825 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insights - January 21, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Kenya’s Price Floor is Sagging | Finlays’ Cites Tea in its Top Beverage Trends | The Pandemic Shuffles Tea Export Ranks, a TEAIN22 forecast.| GUEST – Aravinda Anantharaman, Tea Biz India Chief Correspondent India| FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to Bengaluru where India Chief Correspondent Aravinda Anantharaman reviews a momentous year for the tea industry in a country that produces 20% of the world’s tea. Her report is the sixth in the series of TEAIN22 year-end reviews and forecasts. | Reorganizing and Reinvigorating India’s Tea Sector –India’s tea industry in 2021 recovered from severe setbacks due to the pandemic. Prod...2022-01-2123 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insights - January 14, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – Draft Tea Act Redefines India’s Tea Board Mission | A Global Tea Harvest Review, a TEAIN22 Forecast | BOH Malaysia Named Tea Brand of the Year| NEWSMAKER – Jason McDonald, tea farmer and founder/CEO of The Great Mississippi Tea Company| GUEST – Kyle Whittington, founder Tea Book Club| FEATURES – This week, Tea Biz travels to the state of Mississippi, where tea farmer and founder/CEO Jason McDonald of The Great Mississippi Tea Company discusses the economics of mechanical harvesting following a two-year trial of selective harvesting equipment. Then to London, where Tea Book Club founder Kyle Whittington offers a modern t...2022-01-1427 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insights - January 7, 2022HEAR THE HEADLINES – India Conducts its First Bharat Tea Auction | DNA Disqualifies Five in Lugu Farmers’ Tea Contest | RTD Tea by Volume Continues a Five-Year Slide, a TEAIN22 Forecast | NEWSMAKER – Dr. Nada Milosavljevic, a Harvard-trained physician and faculty member at Harvard Medical School and founder of the integrative health program at Massachusetts General Hospital.| FEATURES: This week, Tea Biz travels to Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, where Jessica Natale Woollard discusses the medicinal power of tea with Dr. Nada Milosavljevic. Nada will deliver the keynote address on food as medicine at the 7th Global Tea Initiative Colloquium on Jan. 13, an all...2022-01-0720 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insights - December 31, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Omicron Cancels Restaurant Reservations | Tea Sales in Foodservice Continue to Decline, a TEAIN22 forecast | Sri Lanka Barters $5 Million a Month in Tea to Settle Iranian Oil Debt| GUEST – Research scientists Nigel Melican, founder Teacraft, and President of the European Speciality Tea Association | FEATURES – This week, Tea Biz travels to the Republic of Ireland to visit Teacraft founder and research scientist Nigel Melican. Melican explains the necessity of mechanical tea harvesting and describes an innovation in two-person harvesters that features a rotating head that simulates a “selective” pluck without shearing leaves. Tea Mechanization Must be Well Managed –Nigel Melica...2021-12-3127 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insights - December 17, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Bulk and Specialty Tea Prices Diverge, a TEAIN22 Forecast | France to Pay €1 Million to Certify Ceylon Tea | Bids total $8 Million HDK at Sotheby’s Inaugural Tea Auctions| NEWSMAKERS – Shekib Ahmed of Koliabur Tea Estate, Assam, India and Abhijeet Hazarika @TeaSigma | GUEST – Mary Cotterman, founder Mary Cotterman Pottery, Asheville, North Carolina, USA| FEATURES – This week, Tea Biz travels to Asheville, NC, to meet teaware potter and ceramist Mary Cotterman, who discusses the artisan spirit and state of mind of those embracing native clay and how COVID-19 lockdowns focused her attention like a monk.Then, to Assam, India, to hear Part...2021-12-1736 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insights - December 10, 2021| Hear the Headlines ― Economic Forecasters Predict Higher Tea Prices in 2022 | The Rush of Holiday Orders is Easing - Now a Delivery Crisis has Emerged | German Tea Drinkers Set a Consumption Record Last Year Despite Lockdowns | PLUS Frugal Innovation, Part 1| Guests ― Abhijeet Hazarika, @TeaSigma, Saurav Berlia, LR Group (Berlia Fresh Foods & Beverages) and Shekib Ahmad, managing director Koliabur Tea Estate.| Features ― This week Tea Biz travels to Assam, India to explore "Frugal Innovations" that utilize simple technology to address some of the most vexing challenges facing the tea industry. In Part 1 of the series, Aravinda Anantharaman talks with Abhijeet Hazarika @TeaSig...2021-12-1021 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insights - December 3, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Ekaterra Tea Underway | India Steps up Efforts to Halt Illegal Imports | Chinese Archaeologists Discover Oldest Tea Yet | NEWSMAKER – John Davison, CEO ekaterra tea | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to Singapore for a conversation with John Davison, CEO of ekaterra tea, soon to be the largest tea company in the world. Ekaterra is currently a division of Unilever that houses 34 tea brands including Lipton, PG Tips, TAZO, Brooke Bond, Pukka, and Red Rose. In November CVC Capital Partners, a multi-billion private equity firm headquartered in Luxembourg, paid $5.1 billion for ekaterra tea, outbidding several competitors and establishing a valu...2021-12-0322 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insights - November 25, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – In the Black: Holiday Sales are Surging | CVC Capital Pays $5.1 Billion for Unilever’s Tea Portfolio | A Climate Change Adaptation Essential for Tea | NEWSMAKER – Evy Chen, founder of newly rebranded Evy Tea, Boston, Mass.| GUEST - Kym Cooper, co-founder of East Forged tea in Brisbane, Australia.| FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to Brisbane, Australia where East Forged Tea co-founder Kym Cooper reminds us that innovation need not be at the expense of the timeless taste of tea. East Forged preserves that taste ― with no sugar, coloring, or artificial flavoring ― in a convenient, slightly fizzy, nitro-infused, cold-brewed...2021-11-2627 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insights - November 19, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Climate Pact Boosts Morale but Will Momentum Build? | Tea Lowers Risk and Severity of Stroke| Golden Leaf Awards Return | NEWSMAKER – Prabhat Bezboruah, Chairman of the Tea Board of India | FEATURES – India’s highest levels of government are reforming the basic structure of agriculture. The intent is to loosen regulations on pricing and storage and to permit direct sales of produce. The rules have protected India's farmers from the free market for decades. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called the reforms a "watershed moment" for Indian agriculture. In Part 2 of Aravinda Anantharaman’s Newsmaker Interview --- Prabhat Bezboruah...2021-11-1931 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insights - November 12, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Ekaterra Tea Pledges to be Net Zero at the UN Convention on Climate Change | Grocery Shoppers Say they are Willing to Pay for Sustainably Produced Foods | Inflation Demonstrates a Troubling Persistence | NEWSMAKER – Prabhat Bezboruah, Chairman of the Tea Board of India | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to India where the traditional tea plantation model is under regulatory scrutiny. The union government there is redrafting legislation from the 1950s to gradually loosen regulations, abandoning requirements that previously limited who could grow tea and where it could be grown. In Part 1 of this extended Newsmaker Interview, Aravinda Ananth...2021-11-1225 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insights - November 5, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – A New Theory on How Green Tea Promotes Longevity | Bubble Tea Business is Frothing | Assam Smallholder Collective Launches National Brand| NEWSMAKER – SAMA Tea CEO Michael Parisi, co-founder 100.co | GUESTS – Rodo Vasilaki at Tofillo Farms, Crete, Greece | Rick Chang manager Xue Jian Oolong Tea, Miaoli, Taiwan | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to Miami, Florida to the offices of SAMA Tea where CEO Michael Parisi uses artificial intelligence to create new functional blends. SAMS’s CLAIRE platform is programmed to discover whitespace for new tea products, provide marketing insights based on consumer behavior. It even lists trending ingredient...2021-11-0525 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insights - October 29, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Fairtrade International Predicts Growers Climate-Related Financial Disaster | Chemical Fertilizer Supplies Disrupted | Holiday Helpers Are in Short Supply| NEWSMAKER – Will Battle, author, consultant, and enthusiast for all things tea. Will trained as a taster in India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, and Malawi and has 20 years of experience sourcing tea. He is the author of “The World Tea Encyclopaedia” and managing director of Fine Tea Merchants, Ltd., in Lincoln, England. | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to Lincoln, England for a visit with Will Battle, author of “The World Tea Encyclopaedia” and managing director of Fine Tea Merchants, Ltd., a wholesale te...2021-10-2918 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - October 22, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Sri Lanka Abandons Fertilizer Ban for Tea | Kenya’s KTDA Sets a Minimum Price for Auctioned Tea | AVPA Announces Teas of the World Winners| NEWSMAKER – Harkirat ”Harki” Sidhu, Rainforest Alliance India’s Consulting Program Coordinator for Sustainable Landscapes & Livelihoods| FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to Calcutta, India for an in-depth conversation with Harkirat (Harki) Sidhu, Rainforest Alliance India’s Consulting Program Coordinator for Sustainable Landscapes & Livelihoods. Harki is an expert in mechanical tea harvesters. He makes a compelling argument for improving tea quality utilizing labor hours that are gained by farms that invest in these time-saving mach...2021-10-2221 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - October 15, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Food Inflation and Tea | Tea Cargo Woes Worsen | COVID Impact on Tea Market | GUEST – Kyle Whittington, TeaBookClub | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz visits London where Kyle Whittington reviews “Puer Tea, Ancient Caravans and Urban Chic” a meticulously researched cultural biography that reveals the intricacies of Pu’er. … and then to Yunnan, China, where ancient tea forests mark the origin of Pu’er, a tea experiencing a popular resurgence due to the pandemic. Puer Tea, Ancient Caravans and Urban Chic by Jinghong ZhangSitting on the academic end of the tea bookshelf, this is a fascinating and thoroughly well-researched...2021-10-1520 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - October 8, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – India Announces Tea Industry Reforms | US Considers Exemptions to Chinese Tariffs | and a Tribute to Nepal Teamaker Morris Orchard
| NEWSMAKER – Hiroshi Takatoh, founder Teatis Tea
| GUEST – Jolene Brewster, founder Jolene's Tea House
| FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to Alberta, Canada, high in the Canadian Rockies to visit one of several Swiss-inspired tea houses designed to provide high-mountain trekkers shelter and warmth... and then we visit Tokyo, Japan to meet tech and tea entrepreneur Hiroshi Takatoh whose Teatis Tea blends of brown seaweed and matcha are formulated to help diabetics and pre-d...2021-10-0825 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - October 1, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Kenya Exports Saturate the World’s Black Tea Market | COVID Depresses Japanese Tea Business in Unique Ways | Unilever is Recognized as the Top Food and Agriculture Benchmark
| NEWSMAKER – Mohit Agarwal Managing Director of the Asian Tea Group, owners of Cha de Magoma and the Monte Metilile brand
| GUEST – Supply chain and procurementexpert John Snell, principal at NM Tea B, Toronto | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travelsto Monte Metilile in Mozambique, a country along the southern coast of EastAfrica where Mohit Agarwal Managing Director of the Asian Tea Group has revived an abandoned 15,000-acre tea es...2021-10-0122 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - September 24, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Retail Forecasters Predict Happy Holidays | Restaurant Reticence is in Decline
| A Restructured DAVIDsTEA Expands into Pharmacies
| NEWSMAKER – Subhasish Borah, Urbanist and Tea Enthusiast, Co-founder Folklore Tea, Guwahati, Assam
| FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to Guwahati in Assam, India where the co-founders of Folklore Tea engage customers with an unusual level of intimacy.
Folklore Intimately Engages Tea Customers
Folklore Tea is anchored in storytelling. Marketing is simple and sincere. Packets are numbered with a handwritten note acknowledging the farmer who grew and hand-processed the company’s selection o...2021-09-2421 min
Tea BizAdvent International to Bid $4 Billion for Unilever | India May Halt Imports of Nepal Tea | The Physics of Tea ScumHEAR THE HEADLINES – Advent International Will Bid $4 Billion for Unilever’s Tea Portfolio | India Considers Halting Imports of Nepal Tea| Sales of Herbal Supplements in the US Reached a Record $10 Billion in 2020| NEWSMAKER – Rainforest Alliance Director South Asia Madhuri Nanda | GUEST – Caroline Giacomin, Ph.D., a physicist at ETH Zürich, Switzerland | FEATURES – This week, Tea Biz travels to Switzerland to learn from ETH Zürich physicist Caroline Giacomin the physics of that colorful sheen that rises to the surface of black tea. Is tea scum just that or a revealing indication of g...2021-09-1725 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - September 10, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Sri Lanka Tea Yields Feared to Decline | McLeod Russel Settlement Resolves Insolvency
| Bangladesh Tea Sector Returns to Pre-Pandemic Production Levels
| NEWSMAKER – Tea History Collection Founder Denys Shortt, OBE
| GUEST – Henrietta Lovell, founder Rare Tea Co.
| FEATURES – This week Tea Biz visits with Rare Tea Lady Henrietta Lovell whose passion for tea is exceeded only by her commitment to bettering the lives of those who make it... and then we travel to Banbury, UK to learn how the Tea History Collection is digitizing tea history one tome at a time.
2021-09-1025 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - September 3, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Timely Tea Delivery is in Troubled Waters | Tea is Thriving in the Convenience Channel | Iran Tea Production is Up 25pct
| NEWS - The disruption of global supply chains is getting worse. Container vessel reliability for tea shipments crossing the Pacific continued to decline this summer as prices reached new heights. The World Container Index for eight East-West routes rose to a composite cost of $9,613 for the week of August 19 – up 360% compared to the same period last year. Consignments of tea shipped from Shanghai to Rotterdam increased 659% to $13,698 last week.
| FEATURES – This week Tea Bi...2021-09-0320 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - August 26, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Afghan Tea Market Concerns as Taliban Conquers Kabul | US Foodservice Recovery Rates Vary Widely by Sector | Researchers Confirm Heart Healthy Aspects of Tea| NEWSMAKER – Anshuman Kanoria, principal at Balaji Agro International and chairman of the Indian Exporters Association | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz visits Darjeeling, India on word of the sale of the iconic Jungpana and Goomtee tea estates to Anshuman Kanoria, principal at Balaji Agro International and chairman of the Indian Exporters Association.… and then we travel to London where Kyle Whittington reviews The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, a novel by Lisa...2021-08-2724 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - August 20, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Delta Delivers Foodservice Setback | Why are Tea Tariffs Still in Place? | Tea Marathon Earns a Medal for Japan| NEWSMAKER – Philippe Juglar, President AVPA (Agency for the Valorization of Agricultural Products)| GUEST – Japanese Tea Marathon finisher Kyle Whittington, founder TeaBookClub| FEATURES – This week Tea Biz visits Japan for a victory celebration of the Tea Marathon, an event during the Tokyo Olympics that drew attention worldwide to 15 tea producing regions in a country famous for quality green teas… and then we travel to Paris, France as the deadline nears for a unique global com...2021-08-2023 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - August 13, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Top Tea Producer McLeod Russell India Faces Bankruptcy | A Tea Authentication Protocol to Chemically Verify Origins | Soggy Soil Keeps Kulhads in Short Supply| NEWSMAKER – Rona Tison executive vice president of ITO EN North America | GUEST – World Tea Academy Online Education Director Lisa Boalt Richardson | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to New York where Rona Tison executive vice president of ITO EN North America explains the appeal of functional tea and introduces a new matcha LOVE ENERGY + line of ready-to-drink teas… and then to Boulder, Colo., headquarters of the World Tea Academ...2021-08-1325 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - August 6, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – India Tea Auction Mandate Chafes Producers | Smallholders Seek Higher Raw Leaf Minimums| Sharetea Ranks 6th Among Fastest Growing US Retail Chains| GUEST – Narendranath Dharmaraj, consultant and former plantation manager with Brooke Bond, Unilever, and Harrisons Malayalam | NEWSMAKER – Shabnam Weber, president Tea & Hearbal Association of Canada | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to India for an historical perspective on the Tea Board’s recent decision to enforce a controversial mandate that registered gardens sell at least half of the tea they produce at auction… and then to Toronto, Canada where Tea Biz cont...2021-08-0625 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - July 30, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – The New Definition for Specialty Tea Gets Refined | Research Reveals That Children Benefit from Drinking Tea| and Unilever’s Tea Brand Divestiture is on Pace| GUEST – Kyle Whittington reviews The Life of Tea by Michael Freeman and Timothy d'Offay | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week visits the tea lands from on high where rising temperatures in the atmosphere are causing shifts in the jet stream that alter ocean temperatures, causing an unusual period of extreme weather globally. The results from changes in the climate are visible this summer as heat domes, and drought...2021-07-3020 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - July 23, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – New Criteria Proposed for Differentiating Specialty Tea| Walmart Tea is now 100% Certified by Rainforest Alliance | Kenya Sets Tea Auction Price Minimums| GUEST – Avinash Dugar, founder of the La Gravitea Cafe in Jamshedpur in the north Indian state of Jharkand | NEWSMAKER – David Veal, Executive Director, European Speciality Tea Association | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to London for a chat with David Veal, Executive Director of the European Speciality Tea Association. Veal describes the association’s new perspective and new definition of what makes specialty tea special. and then to northern I...2021-07-2321 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - July 15, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Darjeeling is Experiencing a Severe Downturn | Researchers Discover Expanded Role for Microbes in Tea Making | Oxfam India Defines Living Wage for Assam Tea Workers| GUESTS – Kate Elliot, Catherine Drummond-Herdman, Pinkie Methven, Veronica Murray-Poore, Tea Gardens of Scotland,| NEWSMAKER – Carmién Tea founder Mientjie Mouton | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to South Africa to discuss with Carmién Tea founder Mientjie Mouton the beneficial aspects of the EU’s decision to register rooibos as the first African food product to receive protected designation of origin. and then to Scotland where Dananjaya Si...2021-07-1626 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - July 9, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – European Union Enforces Single-Use Plastics Rules | Easing Iranian Sanctions Benefits Tea Trade | Kenya Tea Auction Prices Plummet| GUEST – Rare tea book collector Donald Maxton, Tea Book Shop, Springfield, New Jersey| NEWSMAKER – FaithAnn Bailes, content and conference manager for World Tea Expo at Questex| FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to Las Vegas for a report on the first in-person edition of World Tea Expo in two years. and then to New Jersey where rare tea book collector Donald Maxton shares with Kyle Whittington his fascination with tea texts and ephemera...2021-07-0921 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - July 2, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Logistics Companies Invest to Right the Ship | Kenya’s Newly Elected Board Moves into KTDA Headquarters | and Hain Celestial Streamlines its Tea Selections| GUEST – Alicia Gentili, of St. Clement, is project manager and tea maker at Jersey Fine Tea, a new tea estate on the Island of Jersey.| NEWSMAKER – Sparsh Agarwal, co-founder with Ishaan Kanoria of Dorje Teas in Darjeeling, India| FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to Darjeeling, India where an innovative new tea venture is taking root at the Agarwal family’s ancestral farm at Selim Hill … and then to the Je...2021-07-0225 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - June 25, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Sri Lanka’s Clean Tea Ambitions | COVID’s Toll on Tea Garden Workers| Tea Day Auction Yields Record Prices | and Nayuki’s Lucrative IPO| GUEST – Maria Uspenski, a cancer survivor, and author of Cancer Hates Tea. In 2004 Maria founded The Tea Spot, a tea wholesaler and teaware design company in Boulder, Colo. | NEWSMAKER – Jeff Champeau, vice president of business development at Rishi Tea & Botanicals, Milwaukee, Wis.| FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to Boulder, Colo. where Maria Uspenski explains the relationship of beneficial adaptogens and tea... and then to Milwaukee, Wis...2021-06-2528 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - June 18, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Cold Brew is Trending for Iced Tea Month | DAVIDsTEA in Canada Settles its Debts and Kenya Exports Surge but Auction Prices Remain Low| GUEST – Ravi Kroesen, head teamaker at Steven Smith Teamaker, in Portland, Ore.| NEWSMAKER – Amy Dubin-Nath, founder Janem Tea in Colombus, Ohio| FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to Columbus, Ohio to visit with Amy Dubin-Nath, founder of Janem Tea and an ad hoc India tea ambassador to the US.… and then to Portland, Ore. where Ravi Kroesen, head teamaker at Smith Teamaker, explains the many uses of tea at...2021-06-1824 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - June 11, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Food Inflation Dampens Enthusiasm Over Rising Tea Prices | India’s Tea Industry Under Duress | and the European Union Grants Rooibos GI Protection| NEWSMAKER – Jan Holzapfel, owner of 198-year-old Ronnefeldt Tea in Frankfurt, Germany | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to Frankfurt Germany to discuss best practices in Sustainable Wholesale with Jan Holzapfel, owner of Ronnefeldt Tea, a 198-year-old company that is replacing its tea packaging this year with eco-friendly materials, embracing traceability, and reducing emissions by longer airfreighting tea… and then to London to listen the Tea Book Club’s crowd-source...2021-06-1125 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - June 4, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Pandemic Powers Organic Sales | Tea Cafes Cautiously Re-opening| Tata Expands Direct-to-Customer Range | Buyers Spend Big at Chinese International Tea Expo| GUEST – Simona Suzuki, née Zavadckyte, co-founder and president Global Japanese Tea Association| NEWSMAKER – Olivia Chan, owner of Treasure Green Tea Co., a Chinatown tea shop in Vancouver, British Columbia. | FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to Japan where the Japan Tea Central Council and the Global Japanese Tea Association are organizing a Tea Marathon during the Tokyo Olympics so that enthusiasts worldwide can better appreciate the great variety of tea gr...2021-06-0418 min
Tea BizTea History Collection | Commodities Logjam | THIRST Human Rights | Q|A Aasha BhandariEpisode 19 | May 20, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Tea History Collection Unveiled | Indian Commodities Logjam | THIRST Undertakes a Human Rights Analysis in Tea | A Series of Major Quakes Rattle Yunnan| GUEST – William Liu is a 20-year-old sophomore at Wake Forest University and founder of the World Tea Association on campus and online.| NEWSMAKER – Asha Bhandari is the International Trade and Promotion Executive at HIMCOOP, the Himalayan Tea Producers Cooperative, a consortium of all orthodox tea producers established in 2003| FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to Nepal to...2021-05-2826 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - May 21, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – International Tea Day | Assam Forbids Tea Workers to Isolate at Home| Nepal’s First Flush is Delayed | Kagoshima May Soon Outproduce Shizuoka| GUEST – Author Chitrita Banerji, a chronicler of food history and culture| NEWSMAKER – Eva Lee, founder of Tea Hawaii, a tea farm and wholesale venture in Volcano, Hawaii| FEATURES – Tea Biz this week travels to the slopes of the Kilauea Volcano where Tea Hawaii Founder Eva Lee describes the ongoing tea harvest as unusually wet and seven weeks later than normal …and then to Massachusetts to learn how a simple bev...2021-05-2135 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - May 14, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Kenya is Becoming Unbearably Hot for Tea | Brexit Disrupts UK Tea Trade | Colombo Tea Auction Transformed| GUEST – Adventurer and author Jeff Fuchs, founder of Jalam Tea| NEWSMAKER – Steve Schwartz, founder of the Art of Tea in Los Angeles and graduate of Ayurvedic Institute of New Mexico| FEATURES – Tea Biz travels to Los Angeles this week where Art of Tea founder Steve Schwartz, a graduate of the Ayurvedic Institute in New Mexico, describes tea as a powerful conduit for health and wellness....and then to Hawaii to interview tea adventur...2021-05-1423 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - May 6, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Dry Weather Worsens in Assam | COVID Infections are Rising in Nepal and Bangladesh | Are Tea Auctions Still Relevant? | Two Major Grocery Chains Agree to Carry Flash-Frozen Tea Leaves| GUEST – SofaSummit for International Tea Day organizer Shabnam Weber, president of the Tea & Herbal Association of Canada| NEWSMAKER – Are Tea Auctions Still Relevant? Pranav Bhansali, managing partner at Bhansali and Company, tea traders since 1929, answers in the affirmative. Auctions continue to be very relevant and play an important role, he says. Currently 45% of tea sold in India is auctioned, vs 55% sold in private transactions. Read m...2021-05-0723 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - April 30, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Mombasa to Expand Tea Auctions to Five Days a Week | Spiking Prices Dismay Russian Tea Drinkers | A 6.4 Quake Shakes Assam – Tea Factory Damage is Minor | Vahdam Tea Mobilizes Emergency COVID Aid for India| GUEST – Rishi Saria is a third-generation planter, managing the Gopaldhara, and Rohini estates in Darjeeling, India. | FEATURES – This week Tea Biz visits the fabled Darjeeling tea growing region in the Himalayan foothills of northwestern India…. and we travel to Seattle for the launch of the Organic Marketing Association a group that conveys the complexities of organic cultivation with memor...2021-04-3023 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - April 23, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – Earth Day Takes on New Urgency | Restaurants are Rebounding || World Tea Expo Co-locates with The Nightclub & Bar Show in Las Vegas | Bubble Tea Boba is Languishing at Sea| GUEST – Philippe Juglar, President AVPA (Agency for the Promotion of Agricultural Products)| FEATURES – This week Tea Biz travels to the famed Royal Botanic Garden at Kew to explore a prized collection of 174-year-old tea recently examined and catalogued for its organoleptic properties…and we visit Paris to learn how the Agency for the Promotion of Agricultural Product (AVPA) elevates the world’s tea origins.2021-04-2329 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - April 16, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – | India Surpasses Brazil as the World’s COVID Hotspot | Tea Imports Spike in Pakistan | The Global Tea Initiative at the University of California, Davis Hosts a Second Virtual Event | Tea Masters Cup Names Champions in Moscow| GUEST – Jack Mackenzie, general manager, Summer Lodge Country House Hotel & Restaurant in Dorchester, England.| FEATURES – This week Tea Biz offers a glimpse of the many teas of India. Aravinda Anantharaman takes us on a tour revealing there is lot more to savor than chai…and we travel to the idyllic Summer Lodge Country House Hotel in Dorches...2021-04-1619 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - April 9, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – A Sparkling Future for Fizzy Tea | Bubble Tea Drinkers Froth Over Drinking Straw Ban
| Vahdam Tea Partners with Goodricke Group | Starbucks Introduces Rent-a-Cup| GUEST – Supriya Sahu, managing director of INDCOSERVE, a cooperative of 30,000 tea farmers producing 14 million kilos of tea annual in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu.| FEATURES – This week Tea Biz visits the Nilgiri tea growing region in South India where the INDCOSERVE tea farmer’s co-operative has harnessed the creative and collective energy of 30,000 small farmers....and we discuss the challenges of timely tea delivery in the new harv...2021-04-0922 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - April 2, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – | Suez Ship-jam Delays Tea Deliveries | Tea Aisle Sales Stand Out in Grocery | Tea Retail Realignment is Underway
| GUEST – David O'Neill director of Falls of Clyde International, a maritime heritage non-profit with plans to state clipper tea races in 2025.
| FEATURES – This week Tea Biz visits Scotland for a lesson on the history of tea clipper ships and a plan to revive the famous tea races from China to the UK with next-generation zero-emission sail craft that someday may enable shippers who switched from sail to steam 150 years ago to switch back to sail again…...2021-04-0219 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - March 26, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – | India High Court Reverses Assam Tea Worker Wage Increase | Kenyan Tea Factory Elections Suspended | Study Finds Growers Adapting to Climate Change| GUEST – Shunan Teng, founder of the Tea Drunk tea house in York City and the pandemic-inspired online Tea Education Club and monthly tea subscription service offering China’s heritage teas.| FEATURES – This week Tea Biz discusses a retail-inspired tea education club that delves deeply in the “geeky” aspects of terroir, horticultural practices, and processing during rare-tea cupping sessions at home…. and we travel to London to weigh the marketing value of third-party ce...2021-03-2616 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - March 19, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES – | US Restaurant Rescue Funds Total $28.6 Billion | EU Reviews Pesticide Rules | Tea Theaflavin Inhibits Coronavirus Replication | PLANT-AG is a $9 Billion Startup that Promises Field-to-Plate Traceability | GUEST – Rudra Chatterjee, Managing Director of the Luxmi Group, which owns estates in West Bengal, Assam and Tripura in India and Rwanda in Africa producing collectively 20 million kilos of tea annually.| FEATURES – This week Tea Biz continues its coverage of how Japan’s tea industry successfully met the challenges of marketing tea a decade after the disastrous earthquake, tsunami and meltdown of the nuclear power plant in Fukus...2021-03-1925 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - March 11, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES First Flush Harvest Underway | Tea Price Report | Tea Relaxes Blood Vessels | Celebrating the Green| GUESTYasuharu Matsumoto, vice president of the Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms.| NEWS First Flush Harvest UnderwayDroves of COVID-19 wary pluckers are working gardens in China, Sri Lanka, and India amid favorable weather after a dry winter. The Darjeeling first flush is underway.Consumer demand for premium tea increased during the pandemic and pricing is firm, but there is uncertainty throughout the entire supply chain as to when newly processed tea will...2021-03-1227 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - March 4, 2021HEAR THE HEADLINES| Brand Relevance in Chaotic Times | Nepal Announces Tea Traceability Project | The Danish Tea Association Merges with The European Speciality Tea Association | YELP! Names a Tea House to its list of Top 100 Places to Eat in America| GUESTAngela McDonald, president US League of Tea Growers| FEATURESThis week Tea Biz shares the secret to creating tea blends that sell, a conversation with master blender Sameer Pruthee, CEO at Tea Affair in Calgary...and we travel to Oregon for a visit with Angela McDonald, president of the US...2021-03-0527 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - February 26, 2021NEWS HEADLINES – Retail Sales Thawed in January | Restaurant Reticence Persists | Kenya's Tea Export Earnings Surged in 2020 | Assam Increases Daily Wages by 30 Percent for Tea Workers.FEATURES – This week Tea Biz visits London for a chat with David Veal about the European Speciality Tea Association’s newly launched training program for tea professionals… and we travel to India for a discussion on the future of handcrafted speciality and indigenous tea.Collaborative Training Program - The tea industry lacks a good, consistent, authoritative, recognized educational program that offers a universally acknowledged certification, writes ESTA's David Veal. Tea Biz aske...2021-02-2620 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - February 19, 2021NEWS HEADLINES – Sri Lanka Launches Expansive Ceylon Tea Promotion | Green Tea Compound Acts Like a Superhero Sidekick to Cancer Cell Suppressor | Lipton IPO Likely in 2021 | Tea Tourism Stirs from a Deep Pandemic-Induced SlumberFEATURES – This week Tea Biz reports on T.Kettle, a Canadian retail chain launched at the height of the pandemic that features ethically sourced, vegan, organic, loose leaf teas…and travels to Sri Lanka for a look at an impressive digital marketing initiative created by seven small enterprise entrepreneurs promoting Ceylon tea.T. Kettle - “In any tough times – and this is certainly...2021-02-1922 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - February 12, 2021NEWS HEADLINES - Hard tea packs a punch…. India earmarks worker subsidies for women and children… and beware of false claims, FDA has so far issued 145 warnings to companies, including tea companies, to stop misleading consumers with products that claim to cure COVID-19.FEATURES - This week Tea Biz reports on the growing sophistication of tea farming in the United States…and learn about Canada’s acclaimed tea sommelier certification program that trains tea professionals on campus or online.Since 2013 the US League of Tea Growers has nurtured close collaboration among the more than 60 growers in 15 Am...2021-02-1220 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - February 5, 2021NEWS HEADLINES - Shipping container shortage threatens timely tea deliveries. …. Kenya’s High Court has ruled against unions seeking to prevent mechanical harvesting of tea …and Bombs Away… Tea bombs encased in confectionary get rave reviews online.FEATURES - In its national budget proposal this week the Indian government included 1,000 crorepati or 10 billion rupees in subsidies (the equivalent of $137 million US) to assist plantation workers in Assam and West Bengal. A growing consensus, however, is that expansive plantations should be divided into cooperatives composed of entrepreneurial smallholders supplying small independent tea processing factories… Aravinda Anantharaman reports...Travelin...2021-02-0519 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - January 29, 2021NEWS - Here are the headlines: Montreal-based DAVIDsTEA is undergoing a remarkable transformation…. Tea companies report strong sales and many new functional, and condition-specific teas… the British increased their tea intake 27 percent – dunking 61 billion tea bags last year … and Tea sales slow in Canada following a spring sprint.FEATURES - This week we travel to Malawi, Africa where industry veteran Ranjit Dasgupta profiles a growing region gaining a reputation for producing innovative and sustainable specialty tea…. And to the Nilgiri Mountains in South India where hundreds of small growers in 100-member “farm producer groups” are collectively l...2021-01-2928 minTea BizTea News and Biz Insight - January 21, 2021NEWSHere are the headlines: The Global Tea Initiative at University of California Davis debuted its first digital colloquium January 21…. Sales at US tea and coffee shops declined by $11.5 billion and more than 200 venues vanished in 2020… Respondents to a US TEA COUNCIL survey say they feel “centered” after drinking tea… and Kenya’s parliament re-established the country’s tea board in the New Year.FEATURESThis week we travel to India to discover a charming and earth-friendly alternative to the millions of plastic teacups discarded at train stations… and to California to me...2021-01-2219 minTea BizInterview with Lisa SeeAuthor Lisa See has led a remarkable life in tea. Her great-great grandfather worked his way from a laborer on the transcontinental railroad to become a leader in the prosperous Chinatown in Los Angeles a century ago. Listen as she discusses how tea has influenced her life.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tea-biz/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy2021-01-1507 minTea BizInterview with Kulhad AnantharamanInterview with Kulhad AnantharamanSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tea-biz/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy2021-01-1202 minTea BizInterview with Lisa SeeInterview with Lisa SeeSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tea-biz/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy2021-01-1206 min