Article courtesy of Peter Goggi – World Tea News 2021 continued with COVID-19 as the prevailing headline, and it stayed that way throughout the year. Whether it was masking policies, availability of vaccinations, booster shots, the Delta variant, Omicron variant, proof of vaccination, travel restrictions… well, you get it! No matter what happened, everything seemed […]
Fu Zhuan Cha Fermented Dark Tea Our tea for the month is Fu Zhuan Cha (sometimes called Golden Flower Tea) – a rare and unique, niche tea from Hunan Province, China. It is an Organic Fermented Dark Tea. As many of you know, I’ve always been passionate about my Taiwanese Black teas and dark Oolongs […]
Reposted courtesy of World Tea News Article by Aaron Kiel Melissa Hago – a presenter at the recent World Tea Conference + Expo in Las Vegas, held June 28-30, 2021 – is vice president and creative director of Beauty & Wellness at Fashion Snoops. At World Tea, Hago presented on “Tea Trends of the Future,” a well-attended […]
Here are some photos from the Organic tea garden in Wuyi Mountain, Fujian Province where we produce Shui Xian Oolong. It must be one of the most beautiful tea gardens in China. Elevation is approximately 650m (2133ft) The tea garden is well managed with a sound ecological system and natural farming practices. It is in […]
Our 2 Thailand Origin Herbal teas – Organic Mulberry Leaf and Organic Butterfly Pea Flower are continuing to be popular and “in demand” products. And with tea trends moving more towards herbal health and wellness teas, it looks like this trend is going to continue next year and well into the future. We have 2 new Organic Herbals that […]
Taiwan’s High Mountain Winter Oolong teas are being Harvested now. The late Autumn/ Fall Harvest – commonly referred to as Winter Harvest in Taiwan, begins first with the tea gardens in the highest elevation regions. This is contrary to the Spring harvest which begins with the lower elevation tea gardens. Taiwan has some of the highest […]
Australia’s Unique Organic Lemon Myrtle Tea Lemon Myrtle is a uniquely refreshing and exquisitely aromatic herbal tea from the coastal sub-tropical rainforests of eastern Australia. This popular Australian native herb has an intense, refreshing lemon-lime aroma and taste. When brewed, the leaves of lemon myrtle, give off a zesty fragrance that will take you on […]
It may surprise you how close in proximity Yunnan, China is to the the Darjeeling and Assam tea growing regions of India. Each of these regions grow tea in high elevations – both Yunnan and Darjeeling have some tea growing areas over 2,000m/ 6,560 ft.The local people in these regions are also quite similar. Needless […]
Butterfly Pea Flower Tea In Demand We’ve just done an analysis of our wholesale specialty tea sales for the year to date. It is interesting to note that several herbals are starting to show up on our top 12 best sellers list for the first time, reinforcing some of the 2019 tea trend predictions that […]
Article courtesy of Suzette Hammond and World Tea Expo 2019 white paper, “The Next Wave in Tea: Trends, Issues & Opportunities.” The complimentary report offers valuable insights and advice from some of the top experts and leaders in specialty tea. To download the free white paper, visit https://www.worldteaexpo.com/en/attendee-resources/whitepaper.html. An emerging opportunity for tea that I see […]
Tea plays a healthy role in maintaining the human body, mind, and spirit according to an impressive lineup of speakers participating in a colloquium hosted by the University of California, Davis. The day-long event on Jan. 24 presented “tea as a prescription for today’s society.” Segments addressed Tea, Health, and the Body; Tea, Health, and […]
Every month brings striking news about green tea’s biogenetic health impacts and therapy opportunities, with EGCG and matcha being the main focus. This September saw a flurry of headlines, mainly variants and repostings of “Matcha Green Tea Inhibits Growth of/Kills/Targets/Destroys Cancer Stem Cells” and “Could Matcha Green Tea be Used to Treat Cancer?” They almost […]
