Steep It Loose

By Editor In Chief for Tea & Coffee Trade Journal    More than 3,000 professionals from the tea community and vertical markets will converge on Las Vegas for the 17th Annual World Tea Expo, June 11-13 at the Las Vegas Convention Center (with a pre-conference program on June 10). The event will feature an exposition with 200+ exhibitors and hundreds of new products, more than 50 educational sessions and workshops, and the first US national qualifying round of the Tea Masters Cup. The event is due to gather more than 3,000 international professionals from various industries, including grocers and retailers, coffee...

This is the story of our Ceremonial Grade-A Matcha discovery. … at one point my heart melted. I was stopped dead in my tracks, and all was well in the world. After that soft, sweet, umami, first sip, there was no going back. During our sourcing trip to Japan last Fall, we had the opportunity…

By CoffeeBUZZ for CoffeeTalk    BOULDER, Colo. (May 22, 2019) – Maria Uspenski, founder and CEO of The Tea Spot, will bring tea to the forefront during a special session at the Paris Coffee Show, the premier coffee event in France, on Sunday, May 26 at 4:40 p.m. at the Park Floral in Paris. The Paris Coffee Show – which takes place May 25-27 and is open to the public and coffee professionals – is expected to attract more than 5,000 attendees each day of the event. The Tea Spot works to advance healthier living through the everyday enjoyment of...

The 3rd wave in specialty tea, just as in coffee, strives to empower people to change the way they drink tea. The 3d Wave, as part of the specialty coffee movement, is all about delivering the highest quality preparation and serving experience. It is characterized by a purer expression of coffee, with lighter roasts, single origin and single…