Category Archives: Market
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Transformed in Germany, a new paradigm for German tea?
I had a few discussions and mail exchanges with @Lahikmajoe about the German tea culture and its importance mostly in Northern Germany. According to him, one of the reasons behind it is that this area is the hinterland of the port of Hamburg. This was …
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Middlemen surround us and for once, we should forget the Alamo
I was in holidays and during that time, I saw something I already knew but sometimes you rediscover things you already knew: in hotels, camping places, bars, coffeehouses… you don’t have loose leaf teas but only the “not so good” old tea bags (from several …
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Is forecast on the French tea market like the weather forecast?
Is forecast on the French tea market like the weather forecast? I found a summary of a study on the tea and coffee market in France in 2011. It was made by a company that specializes in market analysis and has been doing this for …
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What’s in a name? … Price
Inspiration can come to you all of a sudden. I had already talked with lahikmajoe about prices and tea and when we met in the 1st ITTC, he told me a story about two identical teas that had a huge difference in price, all depending …
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An interview with Kusmi
[I rewrote this interview on a French radio of Sylvain Orebi, owner of Kusmi Tea and Løv organic as if it was made for a newspaper. Here are the original transcriptions: Kusmi Tea – BFM Radio – French and Kusmi Tea – BFM Radio – English – …
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Dubai Tea Trading Centre
I just read something incredible, even if it isn’t really new: Dubai has opened in 2005 a Dubai Tea Trading Centre (DTTC). Check their website and you will see, it is not a crazy idea I had in my head.. To help you understand it, …