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Tea Production Well Ahead of Demand

By Dan Bolton Sep 22, 2014 10:13pm
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Gold Medal Competition Tealet’s
Judge Shabnam Weber (Tea Emporium)
, Elizabeth Kimenyi (AFFA Kenya Tea Directorate)
, Jem McDowell (Universal Commodities Tea Trading)
, Rona Tison (Ito EN)
, Elyse Petersen (Tealet), 
Fu Tianlong (Fujian Chunlun Tea Group), 
Cren Sandys-Lumsdaine (McLeod Russell India Ltd.)
, Andrew Wertheim (Tea Importers, Inc. - Sorwathe Ltd. Estate Rwanda), 
Chirinjiv Bedi (Rossell Tea), and 
John Snell (Mother Parkers - Higgins & Burke Tea)


Judge Shabnam Weber (Tea Emporium)
, Elizabeth Kimenyi (AFFA Kenya Tea Directorate)
, Jem McDowell (Universal Commodities Tea Trading)
, Rona Tison (Ito EN)
, Elyse Petersen (Tealet), 
Fu Tianlong (Fujian Chunlun Tea Group), 
Cren Sandys-Lumsdaine (McLeod Russell India Ltd.)
, Andrew Wertheim (Tea Importers, Inc. - Sorwathe Ltd. Estate Rwanda), 
Chirinjiv Bedi (Rossell Tea), and 
John Snell (Mother Parkers - Higgins & Burke Tea)
The Winners

CHINA 1st Place: Fujian Chunlun Tea Group Co. Ltd. Estate: Kuling Tea Estate. Grade: Jasmine Tea, Special Grade 2nd Place: Fujian Chunlun Tea Group Co. Ltd. Estate: Caodun Tea Estate. Grade: Green Tea, Special Grade

JAPAN 1st Place: Tealet Estate: Yame Kyushu. Grade: Green Tea, Gyokuro 2nd Place: ITO EN Estate: Fukuoka Prefecture. Grade: Green Tea, Artisinal

TAIWAN 1st Place: Universal Commodities (Tea) Trading Inc. Grade: Special Black Tea (#18 Ruby) 2nd Place: Universal Commodities (Tea) Trading Inc. Grade: Highest Mountain Oolong Tea (Li Shan Tea)

VIETNAM 1st Place: Phu Ben Tea Company Limited Estate: Tai Trung. Grade: Green Orthodox PN2 2nd Place: Phu Ben Tea Company Limited Estate: Phu Tho. Grade: Green CTC Fanning

RWANDA 1st Place: Sorwathe Ltd. Estate: Rukeri. Grade: Green OP 2nd Place: Gisovu Tea Company Ltd. Estate: Gisovu Tea Estate. Grade: Black Tea (PF1)

INDIA 1st Place: Goodricke Group Limited Estate: Castleton Tea Garden. Grade: Black Tea (Whole Leaf FTGFOP1) 2nd Place: Rossell Tea Estate: Dikom Tea Estate. Grade: Black Tea (Golden Pearl)

KENYA 1st Place: AFFA Tea Directorate Estate: Kagwe. Grade: Black Tea (BP1) 2nd Place: AFFA Tea Directorate Estate: Njunu. Grade: Black Tea (PF1)

UNITED STATES 1st Place: Tealet Estate: Hawaii Rainforest Tea. Grade: White Tea

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