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Press Release featured on Yahoo Finance  BOULDER, Colo., June 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Just in time for Canada Day on July 1, The Tea Spot is expanding and enhancing its sales operations into Canada with streamlined direct-to-consumer sales processes – including door-to-door tracking, fast shipping via UPS Worldwide Economy, duties/taxes paid upfront, and an enhanced online experience to accommodate regional customers. The Tea Spot is a leading producer of handcrafted whole leaf teas and Steepware®, and the company donates 10 percent of all profits in-kind to cancer survivors and community wellness programs. In honor of Canada Day and its streamlined customer shipping,...

by Christine Deorio Christine Bayles Kortsch and Daniel Kortsch faced more than a few anxious moments when, not long after opening their newly purchased and renovated Alpenglow Cabin to guests in October 2019, the pandemic forced the husband-and-wife duo to shut its freshly painted door. But they needn’t have worried. Since reopening the property last year, “we’ve been almost fully booked, with only a handful of open days,” Christine says. ... Gorgeous décor aside, how did you make this rental property feel more like home? There’s an art to hospitality, and I wondered, can I offer that when I’m not there? And...

Tea & Coffee Trade Journal | June 25, 2021 By Maria Uspenski This year, 2021, is without question the most complex time to make forecasts and predictions since the specialty tea category emerged in North America. An analysis of the groundbreaking shifts of 2020 can, however, provide some insight into what to expect regarding trends in tea in the coming years, in a post-pandemic world.  According to the Tea Association of the USA, Inc, premium tea bag sales in grocery grew at an unprecedented rate of over 18 percent during 2020, fueled by tea’s reputed benefits of decreasing stress and boosting...

Dragonwell (Longjing) is the most classic green tea from China, immortalized as a tribute tea by emperors and revered the world over. The original Dragonwell that was recognized by Emperor Qianlong and propelled the Hangzhou Westlake region to fame is made from an old tree tea cultivar, called Qunti. Ours is a premium-grade Organic Dragonwell made from this same ancient cultivar. It very distinctly conveys the rocky granite terroir of the pristine region where it is grown on a 500-acre terrace tea garden spanning the lush hillsides of Qiandao Lake, about 100 miles from Hangzhou. The fresh Spring tea leaves...