Functional Beverages and Wellness Teas: Reshaping the US Market
The American tea market is transforming, driven by consumers’ increasing awareness of health and wellness. What was once a simple choice has evolved...
Oct 25, 2025
Coffee’s Financial Crisis From Seed to Ship
Coffee is one of the most valuable traded agricultural commodities in the world, yet in many countries, those who produce it struggle to access basic financial services.
Oct 5, 2025
Global Matcha Phenomenon Transforms Beverage Landscapes
From Kyoto’s tourist-packed cafés to Manhattan’s bustling coffee shops, matcha madness grips the world, propelling consumers across continents to choose matcha over espresso.
Sep 12, 2025
Clean Roasting Emissions with Electrostatic Precipitation
Coffee roasting is an essential step for converting green beans into the aromatic and flavorful coffee that everyone loves. However, roasting also carries a significant environmental burden...
Aug 25, 2025
Q&A with Tea Sommelier Dona Aideau
Dona Aideau is a tea producer, taster, sommelier, and educator from Assam, India, currently living in Pondicherry. She belongs to the Tai Community of Assam.
Jul 31, 2025
Europe’s ESG Regulations Face Turbulent Times
The Regulation on Deforestation-free Products (EUDR) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) are two policies part of a broader...
Jul 10, 2025
The Elusive Promise of Scottish-Grown Tea
When picturing a tea-producing country, Scotland is probably quite low on the list. With its northerly latitude and often harsh weather, it is not exactly well-suited...
Jun 20, 2025
Brewing Tensions: The Global Impact of 2025 Tariffs on the Coffee Industry
As dawn breaks over misty coffee farms from Colombia to Vietnam—where the future of the $460 billion global coffee industry takes root each day...
May 26, 2025
A Bright Future for Dark Tea
Chinese hei cha or ‘dark tea,’ as the term is often translated into English, is one of the six major categories of tea produced in China, along with green, yellow, white...
May 14, 2025
Tradeshows Adapt and Evolve
Spending at US-based tradeshows ($15.8 billion) exceeded pre-pandemic levels in 2024, but with fewer exhibitors, fewer net square feet of exhibit space, two million...
Apr 22, 2025
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NEWS TIPS (ICYMI)
Nestlé to Lay Off Thousands | Packaging Digest
Browns Plantations Becomes World’s Top Tea Producer With 100M kg Annual Output | Serrari Group
EU Eases Deforestation Law for Smallholders But Keeps 2025 Start | Reuters
Changing Fortunes of Ceylon Tea Through GI Certification | Daily FT
TTime Lists Innovea Global Coffee Breeding Network as One of the Best Inventions of 2025 | Time