Tea People

Tea Chemist and Researcher

As Honorary Chairman of the international Tea Committee since 1993, Bunston has travelled the world encouraging cooperation in the competitive business of tea.

"Gradually, all my tea experiences and my love of talking about tea evolved into the idea of publishing North America’s first glossy magazine for tea...

Eva Lee brings the same strength, energy and tenacity that made her a great dancer and choreographer to her role as tea planter and tireless pioneer...

Writer and documentary producer discovers the timeless character of tea and makes it his life’s work.

Pride in his native Ceylon and concern for others guides Dilmah Tea founder.

The broad Doke River in Bihar flows through the land of Buddha. It seems a perfect setting today for lush tea gardens now in abundance...

Drawn to the healing powers of herbs and teas and how to best blend them for health, Diego Morlachetti, applies the principles of Ayurveda in...

David Walker is not just a “suit” with a clipboard. He more likely to be clomping up and down tea fields, immersing his hands in...

Gifted tea entrepreneur and inventor demonstrates that “special touch.”

In 1959, David Jr. and his wife, Eunice, took the helm of what was still a small business.

This passionate botanist and agricultural engineer has worked on every continent to establish new tea growing operations, expand cultivation, introduce new processes and improve quality...

At the age of 110, watching the harvest from season to season, relishing the flavour and strength of the tea Arthur Njuguna Komo has cultivated...

Michael Spillane, president of wholesaler G.S. Haly Co. was one of the first importers to focus on quality teas. As an early advocate of marketing teas...

One of the most exciting places to be in the tea industry is in retail, introducing consumers to the magic of the whole leaf. Amy Lawrence...

Everything about John Harney – the way he has built and runs his company, the way he has nurtured his family, the wonderful way he...

Between the leaf and the cup are many important steps on the path of artisan tea production. Roy Fong is one of the few people in...

Peggy Hancock arrived in Paris infatuated with French cooking. But after 32 years there, the American in Paris is known for the warm welcome customers...

Carine Baudry spent her childhood in the northern part of France with a father involved in food engineering, watching him in his lab surrounded by...

Now respected as one of France’s top tea experts, Lydia Gautier’s story proves all the adages about success coming from hard work. World Tea News contributor Barbara...