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Noble Fleming, Arbiter of Tea Taste, Dies at 92
Posted by Admin in General Tea News, Tea Industry News on March 19, 2012
New York Post, by Dennis Hevesi, 15 Mar 2012
Noble Fleming, who for nearly 50 years sipped and sniffed from teaspoons and fine china cups to ensure the quality of tea for millions of Americans, died on Feb. 24 at a nursing home in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, France. He was 92.
His daughter, Anne Fleming-Smith, confirmed his death.
Mr. Fleming, an Englishman known in the industry as Toby, was head of Royal Estates Tea, the subsidiary that bought tea from around the world for the Thomas J. Lipton Company, whose brand is the biggest seller in the United States. In that capacity he was perhaps the industry’s leading tea taster, almost always fulfilling the role in a finely tailored suit.
“Toby was legendary; he held one of the most powerful positions in the industry,” said Joe Simrany, president of the Tea Association of the U.S.A.
Street Food Focus: Bubble Tea
Posted by Admin in General Tea News, Tea Culture / Ceremony on March 19, 2012
Marcus Samuelsson, by Justin Chan, Mar 2012
I’m always in Chinatown during the weekends, only because I have an addiction to playing basketball at Columbus Park, which is located at the corner of Mosco and Mulberry Streets. To get there, I’m forced to navigate through the tons of tourists that walk down Canal and Mott Streets. I’ve grown accustomed to seeing some of them stand aimlessly in the middle of the sidewalk and look as if they’ve just entered a foreign land.
Sometimes, I can’t help myself but wonder what makes the neighborhood so particularly appealing to these foreigners. Is it the row of roasted ducks that hang from the restaurant windows? Or is it just the idea that you can’t find this many old-school Chinese residents outside of Manhattan? Some tourists and local visitors will tell you that the answer is neither. In fact, they’ll tell you that they’re in the neighborhood only to buy bubble tea, a beverage craze (milk tea with tapioca balls) that has become increasingly popular in the past several years.
Rock Star Opening Suburban Chicago Tea House
Posted by Admin in General Tea News, Tea Culture / Ceremony, Tea Houses & Tea Tours on January 13, 2012
NBC Chicago, Jan 2012
Billy Corgan is proving to be a man of many talents these days, with the latest news that the Smashing Pumpkins frontman is planning a tea house in Highland Park, Chicago. Corgan lives in the area and told the Web site that he decided to pursue the venture because there’s a “lack of culture for someone in their 30s or 40s.”
A lease has already been signed and the opening is planned for March or April. The tea house will offer lectures, cultural programs, rotating exhibits and teas from around the world. In other words, it’ll be the anti-Starbucks, which Corgan called “cookie-cutter culture.”
“I don’t want to hang out with those people,” Corgan told Eater. Corgan says he won’t be running the day-to-day operations of the business.
Longjing Village: Hangzhou’s ultimate green tea experience
Posted by Admin in General Tea News, Tea Culture / Ceremony, Tea Houses & Tea Tours on January 13, 2012
Where to find Hangzhou’s best tea gardens and how to arrange a tea-picking tour
CNN Go, By Eddy Chin, Jan 2012
Go to Hangzhou’s Longjing Village in spring or summer to pick dragon well tea alongside local villagers
If Marco Polo had traipsed through Hangzhou in a single day, he probably would’ve left the city remembering three things – West Lake, beautiful women, and dragon well tea (龙井茶). Fast forward about 800 odd years and that still holds true.
One of the most prized and expensive teas in China, dragon well green tea has a light yet unmistakable fragrance and calming taste.
Fair trade is crucial ingredient in Numi Organic Teas
Posted by Admin in General Tea News, Tea Industry News, Tea Product News on January 13, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle, Jan 2012
A little more than a decade ago, two Iraqi American siblings were vacationing at the Grand Canyon when they decided to create a tea company that prized art and social justice. Today, Numi Organic Tea in Oakland is the leading brand importer of fair-trade certified teas in the United States.
For co-founder Ahmed Rahim, the desire to build a people-focused company came out of his experience as a child growing up in Cleveland, the son of Iraqi immigrants. For Reem Rahim, his sister and co-founder, a near-fatal car accident as a college student studying biomedical engineering led her to embrace what she really loved – art. And so it was that the two came up with the idea to start a business named after the dried lime tea they had drunk as children, Numi.
Tea junction!
Posted by Admin in General Tea News, Tea Culture / Ceremony, Tea Houses & Tea Tours on January 13, 2012
The Hindu Business Line, by Archana Achal, Jan 2012
Prefer to pair your food with refreshing tea rather than heady wine? Enter the Golden Dragon in Chennai, India.
Pairing wine with European and even Indian food is fairly common at many restaurants today, but Golden Dragon, the Chinese fine-dining restaurant at the Taj Coromandel, Chennai, likes to do things a little differently. Besides a glass of red or white, it also specialises in pairing food with tea, seen by many as a healthier option. Its tea bar has long been the focus of the restaurant, but until now the brew has never really been paired with the food. Now, with 14 different teas on offer, diners can look forward to more than just the popular Jasmine in Chinese tea.
Seasons Greetings!
Posted by Admin in General Tea News on December 24, 2011
Tea News Direct would like to wish all our readers a happy and peaceful festive season.
Have a good one… 
Taiwan, China tea neck and neck in joint competition
Posted by Admin in General Tea News, Tea Culture / Ceremony, Tea Industry News on December 24, 2011
Taiwan News, 11 Dec 2011
Taipei: The final of an inaugural cross-strait tea competition took place Sunday in Chiayi City, where some of the country’s best tea is grown, with teas from both Taiwan and China each showing specific strengths.
Based on the evaluation of five judges — two teas from China and three teas from Taiwan - Taiwan had the most varieties enter the final of the high-mountain tea category, for teas grown in areas with altitudes over 1,000 meters. But Chinese varieties dominated the tieguanyin category. Tieguanyin is a type of oolong tea.
Taiwan’s bubble tea ranked as world’s 25th most delicious drink
Posted by Admin in General Tea News, Tea Culture / Ceremony, Tea Industry News on December 24, 2011
Focus Taiwan, 11 Dec 2011
Taiwanese bubble tea is the world’s 25th most delicious drink, according to a ranking of the world’s top 50 drinks posted on the CNN travel website. The list, unveiled Saturday, was topped by plain water, Coca-Cola, and Ethiopian coffee. Taiwan’s bubble tea drew attention for its variety and the popular chewy “pearls” made of tapioca.
“More bubble than tea, this is a tea-slash-milk-slash-fruit drink and its most famous variety includes chewy ‘pearls,’ resembling oversized frogspawn, at the bottom that you suck up with an oversized straw,” CNN said of the drink. “It sounds weird, but it has become a favorite drink snack among Asia’s millions of young shoppers,” CNN added.
India: Tea Research Association celebrates centenary
Posted by Admin in General Tea News, Tea Culture / Ceremony on December 24, 2011
ZeeNews, 10 Dec 2011
Guwahati: Tea Research Association, the oldest and largest of its kind in the country, at Tocklai in Assam has played a pioneering role in tea research leading to pathbreaking initiatives subsequently adopted by the industry.
The research organisation, which began its existence as the Tocklai Experimental Station in 1911, concluded its year-long centenary celebrations on November 22 by holding a World Tea Science Congress inaugurated by former President APJ Abdul Kalam.
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