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Illustrated blocks clad tea shop interior by Raamsarchitecture Studio in Shanghai
In daning, a dense newly developed urban area in west shanghai, raams architecture studio has designed the first ‘mini cuppa’ tea shop. With tea being consumed mostly by the elder generation…
20 Minutes With: Numi Tea Co-Founders Ahmed Rahim and Reem Hassani
As far as big-name tea brands, Numi is a leader in sustainability and commercial accountability. The brand ranks in the top 10 of all grocery tea brands, not just natural, according…
Tea isn’t dead in Britain—it has just taken on a new life
If tea culture blooms again in this country, it will not be the tea we know—but something else entirely It was that chronicler of the plague, Samuel Pepys, who was likely responsible for the…
Industry Viewpoint: Why It’s Wrong to Use the ‘Specialty’ Descriptor for Exclusive Tea
It’s common knowledge that a human organism must consume about two liters of liquid per day to function properly. Most of this liquid enters the body in the form of drinks – and the remainder…
Forest hill artisanal tea hits local market
Ceylon Pink TeaTox, a pioneering artisanal wild tea, made with a rare variety of tea leaves plucked from the highland forests, has been launched in the local market, giving consumers an…
O-office Architects transforms abandoned factory buildings into Chinese tea museum
O-office Architects has converted several buildings on a tea plantation near Guangzhou, China, into a cultural centre featuring a rooftop garden wrapped in bamboo screens.…
Adopting scientific method in tea farming stressed
Experts at a practical training workshop have stressed on adopting scientific methods and latest technologies in small-scale tea farming on plain lands to enhance production of the cash crop…
Twenty million tea saplings will be planted next year in Sri Lanka
Twenty million tea saplings will be planted next year to increase national tea production, Company Estate Reforms, Tea and Rubber Estates Related Crops Cultivation and Factories Modernization…
Experience: I drink more than 50 cups of tea a day
The interview process for the role of professional tea taster was intense. There was a maths test as well as a tea testing, and I had to give a presentation on a beverage of my choice. You…
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TMC LOVE STORY: how love and/for tea can make the world a better place
Tea Masters Cup is the place where a lot of people who are in love with tea meet each other to share ideas and knowledge. They inspire each other and fall in love with tea culture even more.…
Love, tea and jazzzz
A true story from a TMC winnerNow Florian is a world famous tea person who started his own tea shop in Lyon in September 2020. Well, this sentence should stand the last one in our true story…
How e-commerce came to the rescue of Darjeeling, Assam tea producers
Indian tea producers have been hit by challenges on the production and logistics fronts because of the Covid pandemic. E-commerce, especially for the domestic market, has helped several tea…
Tea Pilgrimage. Aliona Velichko’s Adventures
Aliona Velichko (Minsk, Belarus) has been studying tea culture for 14 years. Tea ceremonies, tea education and also tea travel. She calls herself a tea pilgrim — a person who travels across…
Turning Hobby into Profession. Dmitriy Filimonov’s Method
Dmitriy Filimonov is Head of the Tea Department at Goodwine company (Kyiv, Ukraine), winner of Tea Masters Cup International in Enshi, China (first in Tea Preparation, third in Tea Tasting).…
Basics of Vietnamese Tea Culture
Indigenous way of making and drinking tea The oldest way of preparing tea that exists in Vietnam till today is “nước chè tươi” (“nuoc che tuoi”, brewing fresh tea leaves). Families living in…
Three Kilos of Tea History. George van Driem’s Weight
George van Driem is a linguist, professor of historical linguistics, director of the Linguistics Institute at the University of Bern and author of the recently published book The Tale of Tea:…
Polyphenolic Composition in Leaves of Camellia Irrawadiensis
Japanese scientists conducted a comparative analysis of three camellias — C. sinensis, C. irrawadiensis and C.taliensis — to determine or clarify the differences between their polyphenolic and…
Do Not Smoke, Do Not Snore, But Drink Tea Instead
For more than five years, Chinese scientists have observed the health and lifestyle of 34,825 Shanghai men, trying to find the correlation between the risk of diabetes and the duration of…
Tea Taster’s Perception Horizon
Nikolai Dolgii is a manager at the Quality and New products department at Orimi, the largest tea company in Russia. His duties include tasting, quality control of the raw materials and…