Day 2 at the fair went according to plan. We tasted tea the entire day. We met with current suppliers and a couple of interesting new potential suppliers. I have come across some good teas, purchased some gifts to take home and had fun trying new…

UpdateUninterrupted sleep was not in the cards for me. While I feel the jet lag I am anticipating the day ahead and the combination does not equal sleep for me. While Amy sleeps I head down to the lobby hoping to find something to eat, that's not…

The internet is cooperating so here are the promised pictures. Japanese Tea Ceremony Puerh Teas Puerh from ancient trees…

Hong Kong Update I am sitting in the VIP lounge at the International Tea Fair sipping a cup of oolong tea. There is a range of suppliers at the show. The show is set up by region so you can head to the “Yunnan” area knowing that you will be able…

I want to take this opportunity to say "thank you" to Jamie at Tea on Tap and Jason at Walker Tea Review for their recent interview opportunities! Check out their respective tea blogs and other tea interviewees. Tea on Tap and Walker Tea Review. I…

Teas Etc is pleased to be participating in a unique online tea tasting program that kicks off August 11th! Our congratulations go out to Jason Walker of Walker Tea Review who developed this unique program in an effort to further advance the…

Love is obviously in the air, or at least across e-mail at Teas Etc! I am happy to share with the tea community that Amy Zhang, who has managed our China office for the past 3 years, is getting married this August 1st. While I am extremely…

I was excited to set off for the July show even if I had to arrive several days early to complete the expansion of the showroom. Thank goodness Ward Sener was in Atlanta, I could not have gotten it done without him! We completed the floor, moved…

I am wondering if anyone else remembers Trader Joe's announcing that they were no longer going to carry Chinese teas? It may have been a global "product" statement but I am not sure so I am not quoting here. I know it was around the same time that…

So I started this post as soon as I got home from the 2009 World Tea Expo 3 weeks ago. My schedule definately delayed the release along with my difficulty in lining up the pictures in "blogger." The original post is below. I have tons of pictures so…

Teas Etc is excited to co-sponsor with Laura Schaefer author of The Tea Shop Girls a Tweens Tea Essay Contest! A link to the press release is here for anyone who wants to share. I have also included most of the details below. We are hoping to…

With the World Tea Expo behind me, at least temporarily, the wedding is at the top of the agenda and the long anticipated day was quickly approaching. We had the resort reservation, the low down on the weekend plans and our bags were packed. We…

Nathan and Nicole's wedding is only 6 days away. As the wedding approaches we are getting excited, Newman and I, to see how the couple have "infused" tea into the ceremony and reception. Nathan joined the Teas Etc family 4-5 years ago after he and…

I just plopped down on the couch in our room at The Hotel in Las Vegas. What a night! We had a diverse, fun, energetic group of people at our table at this evenings World Tea Championship reception at the 2009 World Tea Expo. We were getting settled…

We have been receiving tons of tea samples from Amy in our China office and have been so busy cupping has been a challenge, can you imagine? What we have cupped and purchased is a very limited harvest bai hao silver needle that is amazing. When…

I sent the paper entries in to World Tea Expo last week for the Championship. Today the actual tea samples were sent on their way to judging. Once again we entered 10 teas. After much discussion we decided to enter new tea categories this time and…

I am totally excited about winning the World Tea Expos "Best New Product" for 2009! Our new tea line, Get Real Get Loose, is a fun, easy, happy take on tea. I like to call it a serious tea with an approachable attitude. The concept is to make…

When the World Tea Expo initiated the first ever World Tea Championship in 2008 I was extremely pleased! In my opinion this was the first step in establishing tea guides and a rating system that could aid buyers, wholesale and retail alike.…

With the launch of the first ever World Tea Competition came a lot of consumer questions about how to enter and what the judging criteria was. Because we participated first hand in WTC and are entering teas again this year I thought it might be nice…

I am teaching at the expo again this year. First up will be the marketing track at the New Business Boot Camp a pre-conference soup to nuts new tea business intensive, beyond the typical tasting and tea identification classes. Second is the Core…