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brought to you by the producers of the
World Tea
Expo and the publisher of Specialty Tea Is
"Hot" Report
 Issue 7
July 20, 2005
| Local couple opens web store for tea
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Tuesday, July 19, 2005 SANBORNTON - Sanbornton
couple Bill and Cathy Bates have launched a new Web
store called "The Joy of Tea," featuring premium quality
loose leaf teas, teaware and fancy food items produced
exclusively by small companies way to purchase high-
quality tea and related items online.
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| Dethlefsen & Balk Press Release
6/10/2005 |
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As one of Germany's oldest and significant suppliers
of the specialty tea trade, Dethlefsen & Balk
(founded in 1836) has expanded their presence now also
in the US. Dethlefsen & Balk provides a wide
selection of premium loose leaf teas and tea
accessories. Their orthodox tea selection captures all
major tea growing areas in the world. An even bigger
selection of unique and outstanding flavored teas and
tisanes completes the list. The accessory selection is
one of the most complete on the market. It includes
unique items for resale such as porcelain, glassware,
ironware, as well as goods for in store use like
packaging bags, personal tea bags, strainers and storage
containers.
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| Sip and sleep free |
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July 17, 2005 The Stash Tea Co., based in Portland,
Ore., is again offering a certificate for a free night's
stay (to be used with a consecutive paid night) at any
of 1,000 participating bed-and-breakfast inns.
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| FAO says world tea production reaches new
highs |
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ROME, July 14 (Xinhuanet) -- World tea production
continued to reach new highs in 2004, and the output
grew by 2 percent to reachan estimated 3.2 million tons,
according to a FAO report Thursday. The report, prepared
for the Intergovernmental Group on Tea meeting in Bali
(20-22 July 2005) to review the current world tea market
and its medium- term outlook, said the expansion in
production was due mainly to the increases recorded in
Turkey, China, Kenya, Malawi, Sri Lanka and Indonesia
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| Tea market update: Replanting must be given top
priority |
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The year began on a restrained note with tea prices
showing a decline after rapidly rising prices in the
second half of 2004. In the aftermath of the tsunami
disaster which struck on the December 26, 2004, the Sri
Lankan rupee strengthened against foreign currencies.
This was as a sequel to most donor countries either
writing off or differing repayment of loans,
particularly the Indian and Iranian credit lines, the
reduced imports of motor vehicles and gold resulting in
increased dollar reserves and of course the large amount
of financial aid pledged for tsunami reconstruction
work.
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| The Greener Side of Frappuccino(R) Blended
Beverages; Starbucks Introduces a Green Tea Summer
Beverage Line-up |
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SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 2005--Today,
Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq:SBUX) will begin
offering an assortment of fresh and flavorful summer
beverages made with Tazo(R) green teas. The line- up
includes the new Tazo(R) Green Tea Frappuccino (R)
blended creme, made with real matcha (ground green tea
leaves), and two refreshing twists on classic iced tea
-- Tazo(R) Shaken Green Iced Tea and Tazo(R) Shaken
Green Tea Lemonade. All three beverages will be
available at Starbucks stores in the United States and
Canada from July 13, 2005 through September 30, 2005.
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| Survey: in U.S., Green Tea Ranks
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July 18, 2005 - Washington, D.C. - infoZine - At an
event held in conjunction with its yearly International
Research Conference on Food, Nutrition and Cancer, the
American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) today
released the results of two surveys on green tea
consumption in the U.S.
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| Are you ready to order? This week: Tea
Palace |
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News reaches the villa miseria that a place in
Notting Hill is charging £8.50 for a cup of tea. There
is nothing for it but to stuff more newspapers in our
shoes and get there to investigate. But of course,
someone has got it all wrong.
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| Malaysia 'teapot cult'
attacked |
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rsonists have attacked the base of a small inter-
faith sect in Malaysia called the Sky Kingdom. The sect
is noted for building a giant teapot to symbolise its
belief in the healing purity of water, and is accused of
luring Muslims away from Islam.
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| India trying to tap large US market for
tea |
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New York, July 14 (IANS) Tea is a tough sell in the
United States - a country that drinks cola and coffee
almost obsessively - but India is trying to break
through the barriers. Although India's exports to the US
have more than doubled in the last five years to touch a
little over seven million kg, it represents only about
nine percent of the total tea that reaches American
homes. Considering that India is among the world's
largest tea-producing countries, the $21 million worth
of Indian exports, out of a total of $190 million, is
minuscule.
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