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 Issue 12
September 27,
2005
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Atlanta Co. Reads the Tea Leaves: Target Coffee
Drinkers |
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Teavana Holdings Inc. is out to convert coffee
drinkers one mall-based location at a time. Locally, the
Atlanta-based tea merchant is brewing up several shops in
the Metroplex to help ween customers off coffee. A Teavana
is coming to Dallas Galleria in the fall and will open in
NorthPark Center's expanded wing next spring, said Alan
Shor, president of The Retail Connection's investment arm,
Connected Capital Investments.
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| Tata Tea
is in Talks to Acquire a US Company |
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SEPTEMBER 22: Tata Tea Ltd., the world’s second- largest
tea company, said it’s in talks with US companies for a
possible acquisition. Negotiations with the prospective
companies are at an initial stage, Kolkata-based Tata Tea said
in a statement to the Mumbai stock exchange on Thursday. The
statement was in response to a local newspaper report. Tata
Tea, which bought London-based Tetley Group for 271 million
pounds ($489 million) five years ago, is under pressure to
match the expansion of market leader Unilever NV’s Lipton unit
into ready-to-drink and specialty teas. Gourmet leaves sell
for 50 to 500 per cent more than regular black leaves.
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| Health
Tea Wand - Review of a New Product |
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I recently got word of a new product called the Health Tea
Wand. It's supposed to be excellent for drinking loose leaf
and herbal tea's. I decided I had to try this Health Tea Wand.
To use the Health Tea Wand you simply put your loose tea in
the mug, pour your hot water over it and insert the Health Tea
Wand. Let the tea steep for 3 - 5 minutes and then drink
through the glass straw. The first time I tried this was with
a loose leaf herbal tea. I was a little nervous drinking a hot
beverage through a straw. The first few drinks were very small
sips. They tasted delicious! As the tea began to cool, I
started taking bigger drinks through the straw. I did end up
getting a few herbs through the straw.
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| Kenya
Tea Prices Mixed on Varying Quality |
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Kenya’s tea prices were mixed at this week’s auction, with
some grades dipping on falling quality, while others firmed on
improved quality, traders said Wednesday. Mombasa-based Africa
Tea Brokers reported good demand for the 65,705 packages at
the auction held on Monday and Tuesday. Last week 63,422
packages were offered.
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| Bioterrorism Records Rule |
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FDA has finally issued its much anticipated Q&A
Guidance document on the bioterrorism records rule. The
document is available at, http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/recguid.html
There are a couple of interesting clarifications,
which we highlight below. Please be advised that FDA is still
accepting questions, which it will consider for its second
edition of this Q&A document.
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| Food
Artisan 2005 - John Harney |
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Congratulations to Mr. John Harney for being named Food
Artisan of the year 2005 by The Bon Appetit
American Food & Entertaining Awards 2005
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| Indian
Tea Production Up, Exports and Prices
Crash |
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GUWAHATI: India's sluggish tea production is showing signs
of resurgence even though its exports have slumped to a record
low and prices have crashed at weekly auctions, officials have
said. Indian tea output had shown a sharp decline in recent
years, falling from 870 million kg in 1998 to 820 million kg
last year, the lowest ever annual production in the past 15
years.
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| New
Garlic - Chili Mix Proves a Hit with Tea
Farmers |
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Scientists have created a natural insecticide for tea
bushes and other farm crops by mixing garlic powder, chili
powder and vinegar,the Taiwan Tea Research Institute
announced. Unveiling the "spicy insecticide" at a news
conference, institute researchers said the spray could kill 30
percent to 40 percent of insects living on a tea plant. "We
began searching for a natural insecticide a year ago because
chemical insect killers leave residue and an odor on tea
leaves," said a researcher surnamed Tzeng. "We found that most
insects are afraid of garlic and chili because they are spicy,
so we mixed garlic powder, chili power and vinegar, using one
kilogram of each ingredient, and left them overnight to be
used the next day," he said.
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| Britannia Plans to Bid for Typhoo Tea,
UK |
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Britannia Industries is planning to take a tea break
and join the race for acquisition of Typhoo tea, the third
largest tea brand in the UK, reports Business Standard. The
other bidders for the brand, owned by Premier Foods, are the
Kolkata-based Apeejay group and a London-based company. Both
have put in their expressions of interest. According to
sources, the acquisition cost would be in the region of
£90-100 million (around Rs 675-750 crore).
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| Grown in
England, a Truly British Cup of Tea |
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Jonathon
Jones, head gardener at the Tregnothnan Estate in England,
examines tea plants.
NBC News Updated: 12:53 p.m. ET Sept. 20, 2005 LONDON -
Centuries after it became the defining beverage of England,
the tea plant has finally taken root in the green fields of
this island nation. And it has taken a British lord to do it.
On the southwestern tip of England lies the Tregothnan Estate,
home of the 9th Viscount Falmouth, whose family, the
Boscawens, have lived there since 1300.
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