Tea Report
Tea Bag Manufacturers Respond to Concerns About Leaching Plastics
Tea industry suppliers defend the publicly maligned tea bag following widespread media coverage of a research paper that revealed heat-sealed pyramid bags made of nylon and PET release billions of nanoplastic particles during a five-minute steep. Read more
India Exports to Pakistan Drop by Half
Indian tea exports to Pakistan have dropped by half. Re-exports of Indian tea through the United Arab Emirates typically fill the gap when political tensions rise between these two nations, but not this time. Read more
Kenya Surplus Depresses Tea Prices
A bounty of tea has not benefitted industrious Kenyan growers. Prices declined 18.6% as revenue through June declined to $7.1 billion (Ksh69.7 billion) compared with $8.8 billion (Kh85.7 billion) the previous year. Read more
Bigelow Certified as B Corp
Bigelow Tea has joined a very small number of companies certified as B Corporations, where B stands for benefits. These companies have shown a proven commitment to making their business “a positive force for social and environmental change.” Read more
Lyons Tea Could Disappear With No Deal
Irish leader Leo Varadkar told a gathering of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce that a no-deal Brexit would likely require “adjustments” in shopping the nation’s grocery aisles. Read more
Grower Subsidies Sustain Tea
Sanctions limiting Iran’s ability to purchase tea encouraged domestic production which has increased by 15% in 2019. Read more
Walmart Features Ito En Tea
Ito En has contracted with Walmart to stock two of its top-selling teas nationwide in the US. Read more
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Drought in Tea Regions
Temperatures exceeding 38oC (100oF) in Hubei, Yunnan, Jiangxi, Hunan, northeastern Guizhou, eastern Sichuan, and Chongqing exacerbated the effects of low rainfall since spring leading the government of China to declare a level 4 emergency in August. Read more
US League of Tea Growers
USLTG is comprised of 85 growers on the US mainland and Hawaii. Some are hobbyists but several overate commercial tea production facilities. Read more
Tea Prices Depressed
Globally tea prices are at a low due to an oversupplied market with “significantly lower” average prices across all regions during the first six months of the year. Read more
Sri Lanka Sets Ambitious Export Goals
Sri Lanka’s tea industry is enthusiastic about a $3.5 billion goal for exports by 2030. To be successful, production will need to increase to an estimated 350 million kilos. Read more
Premium Tea Driving UK Sales
The appeal of premium tea in coffee shops is driving loose-leaf sales in England. A study by Allegra’s World Coffee Portal reveals the segment grew revenue by 11.1% last year. Read more
China has developed a thirst for black and purple tea grown in Kenya
China’s growing thirst for black and purple tea from Kenya led to a sizeable 5 million kilograms per year agreement this month. Read more
Tea Irradiation: Coming Soon or Already Here?
Irradiation has not yet reached tea but the widespread use of the practice on spices in many blends means that it is already here. Read more
Heavy Metals in Tea
They are likely to become more and more part of the discussions of tea health and safety, given their growing spread and contamination of more and more areas of the environment, through industrialization. Read more
India Considers Bailout to Ease Looming Financial Crisis
India’s tea industry is struggling with low prices, high labor costs, vagaries of the weather and with every passing year, the problems are both recurring and amplifying. Growers report that 80% of the country’s plantations are not profitable. Read more
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