Archive for February, 2008
Cinnamon Orange – Breaking New Grounds
Posted by Admin in Tea Product News on February 18th, 2008
By The Tea Writer
I got this tea quite some time ago at a coffee shop in Portsmouth, NH called Breaking New Grounds. While many teas become less appealing over time, I feel that this one has actually improved.
Blending teas equals Tease
Posted by Admin in Tea Industry News, Tea Product News on February 18th, 2008
The Republican – MassLive.com – Springfield, MA, USA
By FRED CONTRADA
HATFIELD – The first thing that hits a visitor walking into the Tea Guys office is the scents. Cinnamon. Orange. Ginger. Could that be chocolate?
Some of the ingredients might seem like strange bedfellows for the black and green and white tea leaves that await these marriages, but Oliver G. and Emily R. Rich are skilled justices of the peace when it comes to blending teas.
Here in the former lumber yard office that has become the company’s headquarters and production facility, the Riches are riding the crest of a new wave in tea consumption with their own brand of blended teas called Tease.
India: Tea exports come down drastically
Posted by Admin in Tea Industry News on February 18th, 2008
By R Dutta Choudhury
Indian tea is gradually losing its competitive edge in the international market and the volume of exports is coming down drastically, which posed another major threat to the tea industry as a whole. According to figures available, the volume of exports in 2007 came down by more than 60 million kilograms compared to 2006, which gave a clear picture of the state of affairs.
Asian teas see robust year
Posted by Admin in General Tea News, Tea Industry News on February 18th, 2008
Independent-Bangladesh – Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sri Lanka has had another good year of tea prices, not just for the unique range of Low Grown Orthodox teas but for the High and Mid Grown Small leaf grades as well. The latter standards sold well in a global market that had Kenya in competition.
Kenya boosted supply through a rapid and sharp recovery in its production after the 2006 drought. Annual production in 2007 would definitely be a record in excess of 365 million kg.
India also maintained steady supply though final production figures are likely to be about 10 million kg lower that its record crop of 956 million kg achieved in 2006.
China emerged as the world s largest producer in 2006 and was the first country to cross 1 billion kg mark. Indications are that 2007 would be a similar total comprising mostly of green tea (70 per cent).
Kenya: Tea firms feel post-election violence heat
Posted by Admin in General Tea News, Tea Industry News on February 18th, 2008
Story by SOLLO KIRAGU
Multinational tea companies are some of the biggest casualties of the violence in Kericho and Bureti districts. Scores of employees of the companies, from casuals to experts and senior managers, have fled for fear of their lives.
Hard hit were tea pickers, most of whom were forced to flee after raiders from neighbouring tea estates descended on them, causing panic in the entire tea industry. The situation could get worse if workers do not return in two months when the crop season is at its peak.
India: Tea demands carbon credit
Posted by Admin in General Tea News, Tea Industry News on February 18th, 2008
Planters of north Bengal have demanded that the tea industry be included in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a mandate of the Kyoto Protocol of 1997. The demand comes at a time when carbon credit is a boom in India and a few organisations have earned money in the past few years by selling credits to companies in the European Union (EU) and the US.
“Though there had been revolutionary resolutions on global warming and greenhouse effect at the international level, tea, an eco-friendly industry, has never been conferred the Certified Emissions Reduction status,” said P.K. Rahut, a senior vice-chairman of the Dooars branch of the Indian Tea Planters’ Association (ITPA). He was speaking at the 59th annual general meeting of the organisation at Binnaguri on Friday.
“It is ridiculous that carbon credit has been denied to tea on the ground that it is the very nature of the industry to have low greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions,” said Rahut.
Community: The Great Tea Exchange
Posted by Admin in General Tea News, Tea Culture / Ceremony on February 18th, 2008
By Brandice
LiveJournal is generally a great place to generate conversation about specific interests, so I am a member of several tea communities. Recently, a new one caught my interest, because it involves the actual exchange of tea with a special tea penpal. From their community description:
This is a community for tea lovers to share their favorite teas with other members, as well as make friends/penpals! This will work just like any penpal community – post an intro, comment on ones that interest you and exchange info between yourselves. You can work out what you want to send between you.
Jasmine Dragon Pearl Tea Cookies: Recipe
Posted by Admin in Tea Recipes on February 18th, 2008
Sweet, Buttery, Nibbly and Crispy, with Floral Perfume
By Sam
A couple of weeks ago, before I darted out of a genteel cocktail soiree, the hostess handed me a small cookie to try. It was simple and plain, but delightful all the same. “It’s an Earl Grey tea cookie”, she told me, “it’s the easiest recipe in the world to make”. She told me she had found it online ’somewhere’.
India to share spotlight at Global Dubai Tea Forum 2008
Posted by Admin in Tea Industry News on February 18th, 2008
Indian Muslims – San Diego, CA, USA
Submitted by Mudassir Rizwan
India will share the spotlight at the upcoming second Global Dubai Tea Forum, organised by Dubai Tea Trading Centre (DTTC), from February 19-20, 2008 here at the Hyatt Regency.
DTTC announced that two unique events are being organised during the forum to familiarize the trade and consumers with the quality attributes of both Darjeeling and South Indian teas.
India: Fate of closed tea gardens to be decided
Posted by Admin in Tea Industry News on February 18th, 2008
Officials of the Jalpaiguri district administration and Bengal government will meet in the third week of February to decide on the fate of the closed tea gardens of Kanthalguri and Ramjhora and their 8,000-odd impoverished residents.
The meting was fixed after the district administration received seven applications from entrepreneurs and companies expressing interest in acquiring the gardens, which have been shut for six years.
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