HYSON Teas at Gulfood 2018.
From 18th to 22nd of February, HYSON Teas took part for the fourth time, in the food and beverage exhibition ‘Gulfood 2018’ in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Which is one […]
The Mindfulness of Tea.
Tea now enjoys a prominent place in many Buddhist traditions, but in the time of Gautama Buddha (the first Buddha and the founder of Buddhism), tea had not yet reached […]
VIST TO TURKEY
My first visit to Turkey was in the year of 1993, where we had some business opportunities based in Mersin. Today we have many buyers partnering us and I […]
A Call for Standards – Need to Know
Good thoughts for the future of our industry. Tea Biz What tea professionals need to start the week of Dec. 8, 2014 — A Call for Standards By Austin Hodge […]
The importance of being Camellia.
Infusions of herbs, flowers, fruit, leaves and bark are now called ‘Tea’ but the Chinese Emperor and herbalist Shen Nung is credited with the discovery of Camellia sinensis, four thousand […]
ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE FOR CEYLON TEA
Sri Lanka Tea Board, Plantation Human Development Trust, the Colombo Tea Auction are my nominees. Can they take the challenge or, in lieu, make a bigger contribution to branded exports? […]
Hands Up! Don’t Shoot!
As the global superpower, America is unique in that it has the hard power to get people to do what it wants, as well as soft power – to get […]
Is the ‘Good Market’ over – exploited?
Vangedi Pekoe, priced at over $750 per kg on a highly acclaimed US based tea website is an interesting tea that claims to be made by the pluckers themselves on […]
Virtue & Reward in the Tea Industry
‘Consumers are in a better position to drive the sustainability agenda by choosing ethical products.’ This quote in the Tea 2030 project by Forum for the Future, reminds me […]
Winds of Change
Sri Lanka could be earning more revenue from tea tourism than tea exports by the year 2027. This is one scenario projected for Ceylon Tea in The Future of Tea […]
