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Mmmm, who gets it next? In this age of tariffs, I would like us to consider the positive benefits of recoiling from our very comfortable...

The dog eared NMTeaB card If you haven't deciphered the NMT(ea)B acronym, despite the heavy clues provided by font and text on my biz...

The number of posts, articles and new reports on the plight of produce farmers (and I am including tea in this realm), due to retailer...

It has been a long time since I tasted a really "Jammy" Assam or "Germalene" (Too young?) Uva or indeed had my breath taken away by a...

In the wake of the offloading (almost exactly 3 years ago)of the largest global tea business, encompassing many familiar brands, there...

At a time when East Africa is mired with , much talked about, unsold stocks of ageing tea India is on a completely different trajectory....

As a producer of tea it is extremely difficult to know whether you are producing the right stuff or indeed whether you are in the right...

It is a difficult question to ask and one that, I, would never answer "No!" to. However, the question is incomplete as it requires "tea...

As an industry, the tea world is full of expertise and generous practitioners who are ready and willing to share their knowledge with...

Have you ever done a sales analysis of what makes the majority of your sales? I can bet that 90% comes from a meagre 10-15% and that some...

It is incredible to me, as an avid steeper of the delicious and myriad cups, which camellia sinensis ("true tea"!!) delivers, that some...

The Fear It all starts with a dry cough and, well, we all know the options but eventually one takes the test and hey presto, after being...

I am an exasperated onlooker, when it comes to sustainability efforts in the tea and other commodity industries. Yes, I have sat on a...

Maybe it's because my taste buds are shot or my memory or both but the classic seasonal teas don't taste quite like they used to or, at...

This week the Freightos Baltic Index shows a dip in container rates, Hooray! But wait, still 320% over a year ago and still a gazillion %...

Every time you see an advert for a tea (CS or otherwise) that purports to protect or deliver an antidote for a clinical condition or...

Every time a story about the marginal returns of tea farmers (not excluding other products but I am a tea chap!) I wonder at how we ever...

The Portuguese, responsible for the introduction of tea to Britain and spawning a global revolution in drinking habits, were also...

The International Tea Day was successfully and impressively celebrated/recognized by Governments, Tea bodies and companies the world...

Firstly, apologies to Denmark. I love the country and the inhabitants, I have met, but the phrase is apt in that it talks to a troubling...