Tea

Waitrose To Make All Own-Label Teas Fairtrade Certified

UK retailer Waitrose has announced that it plans to make all of its 46 private label tea products Fairtrade certified by October 2017. Currently 43...

World's Biggest Black-Tea Exporter Targets 20% Output Increase

Kenya, the world’s biggest exporter of black tea, expects production of the leaves to rise by about 20 percent by the end of the decade, as farmers h...

Tea Tax To Stand At 5% As India Clinches GST Rates

Tea will be taxed at 5 percent and chewing tobacco will face a 160 percent levy after India finalized most rates for a new goods and services tax, clearing...

World's Leading Black Tea Exporter Plans Specialty Auctions

Kenya plans to start purple, green and orthodox tea sales at its weekly auction to create a one-stop-shop for buyers from around the world, according to th...

Drought Threatens Production In World’s Biggest Tea Exporter

Tea production in Kenya, the world’s biggest exporter of the black variety of the leaves, may miss the government’s targeted 25 percent increas...

China Switch From Instant Noodles To Lattes Acts As Growth Prop

Shoppers in the world's second-largest economy are becoming increasingly well heeled and sophisticated: instant coffee is giving way to the fresh variety,...

Starbucks New Tea Line Chases China’s $9.5 Billion Tea Market

Starbucks Corp. plans to increase its global tea business to $3 billion over the next five years as its starts selling its new line of tea drinks, known as...