How Tea Became Chai
Anyone who has ever traveled by train through India, has heard the ‘chaiwala’ (tea hawker) shouting “Chai, lelo, chai! Chai, garam chai” (Have some chai, hot chai). Read more
Jan 8, 2025
Scaling Biochar for a Circular Coffee Economy
A quiet yet significant shift is underway in the coffee-growing regions of Brazil, Colombia, and other Latin American countries. Read more
Dec 12, 2024
Raising Safety Awareness in the Specialty Coffee Industry
"Coffee has never caused a foodborne outbreak.” Most food safety experts could have reasonably agreed with this statement 25 years ago... Read more
Dec 1, 2024
The History and Renaissance of Tea Liqueurs
In the book, “The Art and Alchemy of Chinese Tea” (2011), author Daniel P. Reid discusses the significance of jin dan, the alchemical “golden elixir of life”... Read more
Nov 13, 2024
Connecting Dots for A Brighter Coffee Future
Have you ever encountered a puzzle that just won’t seem to leave you alone? As a business “generalist” with enough exposure to the coffee industry... Read more
Oct 31, 2024
Savings Groups Are Saving Coffee
There are about a billion unbanked women around the world with no access to finance. A lack of financial knowledge and access prevents women... Read more
Oct 9, 2024
Can Carbon Credits Help Achieve Sustainable Value Chains?
For centuries, the global coffee and tea markets have shaped economies, cultures, and histories across continents. Read more
Sep 27, 2024
Perspective: How Much Should Tea Cost?
Many believe that tea should deliver more, which would require it to cost more than it’s currently sold for, at least for most teas on the marketplace. Read more
Sep 13, 2024
Regenerative Organic Certification Brings New Focus to Sustainability
At the center of the specialty coffee and tea conversation continues to be the question of how to, first, agree on which initiatives are needed... Read more
Aug 29, 2024
The Effects of Global Liberalization on Coffee Producers
After the dismantling of the coffee quota system in 1989, global production rates skyrocketed, and many producing countries opened their coffee sectors... Read more
Aug 18, 2024
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NEWS TIPS (ICYMI)
EU Reaches Deal to Delay Contentious Deforestation Law | Bloomberg
TreeHouse Foods Completes Acquisition of Harris Tea for $205m | Food Bev
Vollers Acquires Sensible Development Auction Platform, Launches V-Auction | Daily Coffee News
Nestle, Coca-Cola Part Ways on Tea in U.S. | Reuters
Morning Coffee May Lower Risk of Heart Disease-Related Death, Research Suggests | BBC