NEWS HEADLINES - Shipping container shortage threatens timely tea deliveries. …. Kenya’s High Court has ruled against unions seeking to prevent mechanical harvesting of tea …and Bombs Away… Tea bombs encased in confectionary get rave reviews online.

FEATURES - In its national budget proposal this week the Indian government included 1,000 crorepati or 10 billion rupees in subsidies (the equivalent of $137 million US) to assist plantation workers in Assam and West Bengal. A growing consensus, however, is that expansive plantations should be divided into cooperatives composed of entrepreneurial smallholders supplying small independent tea processing factories… Aravinda Anantharaman reports...

Traveling to the tea lands to learn about tea is no long practical, yet tea retailers must still learn tasting skills essential to selecting fine tea. International Tea Cuppers Club founder Dan Robertson has constructed an international tea training center in Mexico where tea masters travel from origin to share their knowledge. The soon-to-open facility is on the Riviera Maya near the Mayan Ruins, south of Cancun and Cozumel.

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NEWS - Here are the headlines: Montreal-based DAVIDsTEA is undergoing a remarkable transformation…. Tea companies report strong sales and many new functional, and condition-specific teas… the British increased their tea intake 27 percent – dunking 61 billion tea bags last year … and Tea sales slow in Canada following a spring sprint.

FEATURES - This week we travel to Malawi, Africa where industry veteran Ranjit Dasgupta profiles a growing region gaining a reputation for producing innovative and sustainable specialty tea….

And to the Nilgiri Mountains in South India where hundreds of small growers in 100-member “farm producer groups” are collectively learning how to transition from fertilizer- and pesticide-dependent land practices to the organic cultivation of tea.

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Here are the headlines: The Global Tea Initiative at University of California Davis debuted its first digital colloquium January 21…. Sales at US tea and coffee shops declined by $11.5 billion and more than 200 venues vanished in 2020… Respondents to a US TEA COUNCIL survey say they feel “centered” after drinking tea… and Kenya’s parliament re-established the country’s tea board in the New Year.

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This week we travel to India to discover a charming and earth-friendly alternative to the millions of plastic teacups discarded at train stations… and to California to meet Lisa See, author of the acclaimed best-selling novel The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

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Author Lisa See has led a remarkable life in tea. Her great-great grandfather worked his way from a laborer on the transcontinental railroad to become a leader in the prosperous Chinatown in Los Angeles a century ago. Listen as she discusses how tea has influenced her life.

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Interview with Kulhad Anantharaman

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Interview with Lisa See

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