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PODCAST SPONSORS REACH TEA PROFESSIONALS Holiday sales season is underway. The Tea Biz Blog and Podcast offer recorded promotional spots that air as 15-second, 30-second, and 60-second (mid-reel) commercials weekly. Sponsors also benefit from visual display on the Tea Biz home page. Contact Dan Bolton for details and pricing per episode, by month or by the quarter. dan.bolton@teajourney.pub | https://lnkd.in/giCqB4VM

From the first spark to the final taste, tea roasting is an art of dedication and tradition. This remarkable article (https://lnkd.in/gf4aHrJB) offers an intimate look at Shuiwen and Noah at Floating Leaves Tea— teachers and students of tea, bringing the spirit of Cha Qi to life.

New Tea Variety | Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new, independently evolved variety of Hainan tea through genome resequencing. | Roopak Goswami | Tea Biz Blog | Podcast | Episode 191 | https://lnkd.in/gjTk3Eff 

Spending hundreds on a Yixing teapot means you’re choosing a lifetime of evolving tea perfection. Read more -https://lnkd.in/gMP-jD77

Tea News Recap | Proposed: A Global Alliance to Creatively Constrain Tea Production | Luxmi Estates Acquires Rwanda’s SORWATHE LTD Tea Estate | TikTok Sensation Inspires Sprite+Tea | Dan Bolton | Tea Biz Blog | Podcast | Episode 190 | 18 Oct 2024 | #tea #blacktea #greentea | https://lnkd.in/ecNdjEPU

Amigos do Chá | https://lnkd.in/gbAECjMp | Brazil is a vast beverage market with a well-established tradition of tea and herbal infusions. Coffee and yerba mate dominate, but at-home tea is projected to generate $8 billion in sales this year, and restaurant, delivery, and takeaway tea sales will add $6 billion more. Growth is powered by evolving health and wellness trends that favor diverse and distant teas and blends. Conversations among young, urban consumers seeking healthier lifestyles now center on origins, styles, and functionality. Low-calorie, preservative-free beverages are associated with relaxation and well-being. | Editor Aravinda Anantharaman interviews veteran importer and retailer Elizeth van der Vorst. Her business, Amigos do Chá (Friends of Tea), is located near São Paulo, the hub of specialty tea, a market she has served for 30 years. | Aravinda Anantharaman | Tea Biz Blog | Podcast | Ep 190 | #brazil #tea #blacktea #greentea

Price Setter or Price Taker? | Twenty years ago, Thaleon Tremaine was recruited by coffee growers who were determined to capture value along the entire supply chain. The 400,000 smallholders they represent decided to be price setters. The grower's cooperatives paid themselves a sustainable threshold, guaranteeing a living wage at the farm gate. They then pooled their resources to finance Sacramento, Calif.-based Pachamama Coffee cooperative to import, wholesale, roast, market, and exclusively retail THEIR coffee. Pachamama retail outlets in North America and origin countries generate millions in sales with high returns featuring expertly roasted and packaged smallholder coffee priced at a premium. Tea cooperatives could do the same. | Episode 189 | Dan Bolton | https://lnkd.in/gjX_Pz4t

"When asked what the key to a successful blend is, the first word that comes to mind is “love,” love of the plant, and love of the producer, from which stems a desire always to enhance the products and never distort them," says Jeremy TAMEN, #UNESCO Tea Expert and master blender, in the latest #TeaJourney story by our writer in France, Anne-Frédérique Dedeyan Dayraut The link to the story is here https://lnkd.in/gnCwbBdN

In this article, learn how tea is used to infuse rich, smoky flavors into a variety of foods. From meats and seafood to vegetables and even desserts, tea smoking adds a unique depth to dishes that will leave your taste buds craving more. Whether you’re a foodie or a tea lover, this guide offers helpful takeaways for anyone looking to experiment with tea in the kitchen. Check out the full article and start experimenting with your favorite teas today - https://lnkd.in/gMfgR8t9 #TeaJourney #CulinaryTea #TeaSmoking #TeaAndFood

"Right from the tea workers who pluck the bud at the crack of dawn to the manager of the tea estates who still live in a time-warp in their colonial bungalows, laal saah rules the roost from morning to sunset. But don’t be fooled by its outwardly egalitarian existence—it is only a ruse. If one is inclined to look hard, then the differences unravel themselves." writes Tanushree Bhowmik. Read her story, Laal Saah in Assam, from our On a Chai Trail series. Other stories in the series are The Parsi Choi by Kurush Dalal & The Bengali and their Cha by Rhea Mitra Dalal.