What does it take to be an award winning Tearoom?
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 Posted in Beginner's Guides to Tea, Quirky, Tea Places | No Comments »Well, one of our favourite customers, Dartmoor Tearooms, has what it takes! They’ve just won the prestigious “Award of Excellence” from the Tea Guild. This is a landmark achievement, as the Tea Guild doesn’t give these out very often. They ...
Tanzania Predicts 9.4% increase in Crop Output
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 Posted in Tea Places, Tea in the News | No Comments »Africa’s fourth largest tea producer predicts a 9.4% increase in crop yield as estate management improves within the country. The Tea Board of Tanzania reported this week that the production of tea may increase to 35,000 metric tons in the twelve months through ...
Christmas Afternoon Tea at The Ritz
Friday, December 25th, 2009 Posted in Tea Places | 1 Comment »A special Afternoon Tea will be served at The Ritz today and even Santa is expected to make an appearance. Tea will be served at 13.30, 15.30 and 17.30 sharp and revellers will be treated to the best champagne, finely cut ...
Kenya Tea Exports
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 Posted in Tea Places, Tea in the News | 2 Comments »Kenya on course for a Sh67 billion tea income in 2009, despite suffering from severe drought and falls in production. The east-african country, the second largest tea exporter in the world behind Sri Lanka, expects to earn up to Sh67 billion from ...
The Indian Tea Research Stations
Monday, December 7th, 2009 Posted in Indian Tea Industry, Tea History, Tea Places | No Comments »Nestled between the meandering loops of the Tocklai River, just south of Jorhat, a once humble market town turned Cosmopolitan City, sits the Tocklai Experimental Station (TES). Founded in 1911 with just one laboratory and two bungalows to its name the ...
Bangladesh Drinks Its Own Tea
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 Posted in Tea Places | 1 Comment »Bangladesh facing crisis as increasing demand for home-grown tea, coupled with falling production rates threatens to force the country into importing tea to meet demand. Once a major player in the global tea trade, Bangladesh now exports less than ten percentage ...
Measures to Promote Assam Tea
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Indian Tea Industry, Tea Places | 2 Comments »Four stars for effort; Assam tea to get government seal of approval. The Assam government has taken measures to ensure quality and fair prices for all tea grown out of the region. The new certification is hoped to boost interest in the ...
Indian Tea Production Much Improved
Friday, November 6th, 2009 Posted in Indian Tea Industry, Intl Tea Trade, Tea Places | 3 Comments »Tea production in India has improved greatly in August and September, the Tea Board of India reports. Production earlier this year was severely hit by droughts and by political difficulties in Darjeeling. By the end of May production was down 13 ...
Milk and Sugar? No, salt and yak butter for me please.
Monday, October 26th, 2009 Posted in Quirky, Tea Places, Tibet | No Comments »Tibetan Butter Tea, or po cha, is a churned drink made from tea, salt and yak butter. It is a traditional part of life in Tibet and Bhutan, where it is drunk every morning. Nomads are believed to drink around 40 ...
Tanzanian Tea Turmoil
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in Intl Tea Trade, Tea Bags, Tea Places | No Comments »Sales of Tanzanian tea were extremely poor at last week's Mombasa auction. Volumes were down more than 70% on the same week last year. Mombasa is the most important conduit for sales of African teas to the world markets, and ...
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