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Latest ‘World of Tea’ Collection from The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

There is nothing better than a pure cup of tea with no additives. But sometimes, it’s also a great pleasure to enjoy a sip of tea with bit of natural citrus, spices like ginger or even with some fruit pieces. There is also a growing market for high calorie drinks like bubble tea, cheese tea which has relatively got a little tea in those. As World Tea News had reported, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, a popular Southern California tea and coffee house chain that has served premium beverages for the past 60 years, launched a new specialty tea pilot program. It’s an exciting new tea collection that aims to fuel American consumers’ increased interest and consumption of tea beverages. This is also the first time The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has offered boba.

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Over the past few years, the popularity of tea has grown steadily in the United States, fueled by the increasing variety of tea options and the expanding popularity of matcha and bubble tea.

World of Tea Collection

The World of Tea collection, which will be exclusively available at nine locations during the pilot program, includes:

  • Ceylon Milk Tea with Brown Sugar Boba – a take on the classic drink that combines The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf’s signature and fragrant Ceylon black tea with caramelized brown sugar and pairs it with chewy, brown sugar pearls.
  • Matcha Cream Strawberry Latte – a blend of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf’s premium matcha tea, layered with strawberry puree, creamy whole milk and a decadent matcha cream cap.
  • Oolong Tea with Strawberry and Cream Cap – The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf’s rich oolong tea blend combined with a summer berry puree and freeze-dried strawberries, creating a refreshing, fruity strawberry treat. 
  • Chai with Salted Caramel Cream Cap – The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf’s chai combined with its strong black tea with cinnamon, a salted caramel cream cap and a brown sugar waterfall that’s a perfect blend of salty, spicy and sweet. 

According to the company they source the youngest and freshest leaves from the top five percent of the world’s tea and botanicals to craft bold and flavorful teas, starting with hand-plucked, single origin whole tea leaves.

To find the World of Tea Collection at the nine select locations in Southern California and Arizona, or to learn more, visit The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at Coffeebean.com/Its-Tea-Time.

About The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaves

Founded in Southern California in 1963, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is a modern, global specialty coffee and tea house that inspires new experiences through our flavors from around the world. Headquartered in Asia and a business of The Jollibee Group of Companies, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf operates in more than 1,000 locations across 20+ countries.

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References

  1. Main Source: https://www.worldteanews.com/innovation/coffee-and-tea-chain-expands-specialty-tea-beverage-pilot-program-world-tea-collection
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North American Tea Conference is Around The Corner !

Even though USA is a coffee dominating market, tea is slowly gaining in popularity thanks to health and wellness trend specially among younger generation. By the mean time, as Tea & Coffee Trade Journal had reported, The North America Tea Conference is back ‘live’ — for the first time since 2019. The event, themed ‘Switch On’, which is being organized by the Tea and Herbal Association of Canada (THAC), will take place 27-29 September at Queens Landing in Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario, Canada. 

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The NATC, which alternates being held in Canada and the United States, last took place in Miami, Florida in September 2019, organised by the Tea Association of the USA. 

“We are so excited to be hosting the first North American Tea Conference since 2019. This event has always been a valuable venue for the industry to network and share ideas, but this year in particular, it will be the reuniting of colleagues and friends,” said Shabnam Weber, president of the Tea and Herbal Association of Canada. “So much has happened since we’ve been in a room together and we have an exciting schedule planned that combines important business discussions with some good fun.” 

To register, or for more information, visit: tea.ca/calendar/natc2022. 

Agenda

Download the agenda via URL: https://www.tea.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NATC-2022-Agenda-Overview-2.pdf

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References

  1. Main Source: https://www.teaandcoffee.net/news/30190/the-natc-returns-to-canada-for-in-person-event/
  2. More Information: https://www.tea.ca/calendar/natc2022/
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Canadian Tea Firm Returns to The US with A Collaboration

Even though USA is a coffee dominating market, tea is slowly gaining in popularity thanks to health and wellness trend specially among younger generation. By the mean time, as Tea & Coffee Trade Journal had reported, Renowned Canadian Tea Retailer, DavidsTea is returning to the United States with a pop-up within top activewear brand Lululemon’s Newbury Street store in Boston, Massachusetts. 

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The Montréal, Québec-based specialty tea retailer is pushing boundaries with new, innovative crafted loose-leaf tea beverages, all developed in-house by tea experts. The exclusive, 100% vegan menu, crafted specifically for the Boston market, includes a mix of iced tea, lattes (made with oat milk), sparkling tea, wellness hot teas, matchas and feel-good blends that feature adaptogens and other nourishing ingredients that offer benefits ranging from hydration and immunity support to providing calm and focus. 

DavidsTea is also introducing iced TeaPop lemonades for the first time, a refreshing sparkling iced tea or matcha made with lemonade. 

Furthermore, the DavidsTea team has reworked their process in preparing beverages to ensure a faster and more efficient experience for busy shoppers. By reducing the steep and preparation time, a traditional challenge with tea, the store-within-a-store can offer handcrafted, complete to-go beverages in record time. 

The pop-up, which opened earlier this month, offers a contemporary and collaborative retail experience that provides convenience paired with fresh, high-quality offerings to consumers who are looking for innovative ways to interact with brands. After strategically pivoting its focus to ecommerce business during the pandemic, this limited time pop-up marks the first physical return of DavidsTea to the US market (prior to the Covid-19 outbreak, the company operated more than 250 locations across North America). Through the Lululemon Fuel Space powered by DavidsTea, the brand can connect with a new, health-conscious audience and reaffirm a commitment to making tea easy and accessible in markets where community was already well established. 

While plans for additional pop up stores have not been announced, a spokesperson for DavidsTea said, “This has the ability to be the start of a larger growth plan; we are excited to get feedback from both old and new DavidsTea fans.” 

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Popular US Tea retailer Teavana had to close all their retails stores few years back due to old passioned retail concept and intense distribution strategy. But Teavana brewed teas are still served at Starbucks outlets. This time Davids Tea seems to have got it right by deciding to serve brewed tea while selling loose tea. Quality of ingredients, proper training for stores staff also matter.

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References

  1. Main Source: https://www.teaandcoffee.net/news/30221/davidstea-returns-to-the-us-with-lululemon-collaboration/
  2. Davids Tea Official Website: https://www.davidstea.com/
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TAZO Tea Reformulates Four Best Selling Blends to Regenerative Organic Teas

Even though USA is a coffee dominating market, tea is slowly gaining in popularity thanks to health and wellness trend specially among younger generation. By the mean time, as Tea & Coffee Trade Journal had reported, Tazo Tea announced a multiyear transition plan of its tea portfolio to a regenerative organic approach. As the first step in TAZO’s regenerative organic transition, this reputed brand is unveiling reformulations of four of TAZO’s best-selling blends: ZEN, Awake English Breakfast, Chai, and Darjeeling. These first-ever TAZO Regenerative blends are: USDA Organic Certified, made with Fair Trade USA Certified ingredients, and are Rainforest Alliance Certified. The new regenerative tea line is crafted with ingredients grown with verified regenerative organic agriculture practices which assist conserve nature and protect biodiversity, such as use of cover crops, monitoring soil health and providing wildlife and pollinator habitat on farms. 

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Tazo Tea is taking the principles of regenerative – a centuries’ old agriculture approach that gives back to soil health, the ecosystem, and the people who rely on the land – and applying them to the way the brand operates its business, from how Tazo Tea sources ingredients and packaging to where it directs charitable giving and how it treats farmers and workers along the brand’s supply chain. 

TAZO is currently working toward getting its full range of products Regenerative Organic Certified and is a proud ally of the Regenerative Organic Alliance in its pursuit of increased soil health, improved animal welfare, and economic stability and fairness for farmers and workers around the world. 

Available now nationwide, TAZO Regenerative organic teas offer an invigorating mix of green tea, spearmint, and lemongrass in TAZO Regenerative Organic ZEN, to the rich, bold black teas, ginger, cinnamon, black pepper, and cardamom in TAZO Regenerative Organic Chai. To celebrate the launch of TAZO Regenerative, the brand created a video ad that shows how TAZO is taking a regenerative approach to its business – with a production that used a local crew, natural light, native plants and compostable materials. For every view of the video ad on TAZO’s TikTok account, TAZO will donate USD $1 up to $250,000 to Rodale Institute, a non-profit and global leader in regenerative organic agriculture for 75 years. TAZO’s donation will support education, research and farmer training and transition support to regenerative organic agriculture. This donation is just one part of TAZO’s year-one commitment of approximately $1.475 Million to 1% for the Planet, through which TAZO will direct 1% of its sales to mission-aligned organizations this year and every year moving forward.

Tazo Tea was founded in 1994 by the legend late Steven Smith. He also initiated Steven Smith Teamaker in Portland, Oregon. Smith was recognized around the world as one of the tea industry’s leading entrepreneurs, and often shared his knowledge to various industry groups about branding, product development, and origin projects. He was an active investor in, and consultant to, multiple business ventures in North America and abroad. A philanthropist, Smith supported numerous community projects locally and internationally, ranging from work with Mercy Corps to local schools and arts organizations, creating special tea blends for the Oregon Ballet Theatre and the Oregon College of Art and Craft.

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References

  1. Main Source: https://www.teaandcoffee.net/news/30083/tazo-reformulates-four-best-selling-blends-to-regenerative-organic-teas/
  2. Company Website: https://www.tazo.com/us/en/
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Original Tea Celebration in Midwest is Around The Corner

Even though North American hot drink market is dominated by coffee, tea is emerging thanks to health and wellness trend especially among the younger generation. Americans love their cuppa. By identifying this emerging trend, tea festivals are held in main US cities like Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Pennsylvania etc. Midwest Tea Festival is also one of them that USA tea lovers should keep under their radar. Basic details about the festival are as follows,

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Date and time

Sat, May 7, 2022 & Sun, May 8, 2022: 10 AM – 5 PM CDT

Location

Overland Park Convention Center, 6000 College Boulevard, Overland Park, KS 66211, United States

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Agenda

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About The Event

This is a festival focused on experiencing a wide range of teas and herbal infusions. There gonna be local Kansas merchants as well as suppliers from across the Midwest and all over the country who will have tea samples for tasting. Also organizers will have some craftspeople who create tea-related art! All of the suppliers on the floor will have at least a 50% attention on tea or tea-related items.

Click here to buy tickets

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References

  1. Main Source: https://www.midwestteafest.com/home
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Join This Free LIVE Virtual TEA CLASS

Tea is the most popular beverage in the world after water. But still education plays a vital role when it comes to tea marketing. It’s a medium / long term process. Other beverage industries like Coffee, wine etc are way in-front of tea when it comes to education. As eventbrite had reported, Tea Enthusiasts can learn about History of Tea, Growing Regions, Tea Plant, Proper Steeping, Health Benefits and more with the virtual tea class going to be conducted by Blue Monkey Tea Company.

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Click here……for free registration.

Date & Time: Sun, Jan 9, 2022 4:30 AM +0530

In case if you miss this live session, These classes and many others are recorded and available to watch later on Facebook and on Blue Monkey Tea YouTube Channel. Or else you can attend the next live session on 7th Feb 2022.

This TEA CLASS is a FREE event with an option of buying Tea Tasting Kit to sample teas along with the instructor.

Instructor will be steeping and demonstrating 6 types of tea. Tea Lovers can watch live on Facebook (don’t need to have an account), or Instagram

You can also purchase a Tea Tasting Kit with 6 types of tea, paper tea filters and steeping instructions in store or on the company website: www.bluemonkeytea to be able to fully attend in this class by actually tasting various teas at home while watching!

Tea lovers can buy over 400 teas/herbs and all sorts of tea accessories at our Pittsburgh store at 5872 Forbes Ave or online at www.bluemonkeytea.com

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References

  1. Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-live-virtual-tea-class-tickets-228702624707?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch
  2. Company Website: https://www.pittsburghcuppa.com/
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The Tea Spot Joins with Charity: Water on New Tea Tumbler

Even though North America (Mainly USA & Canada) is a coffee dominating market, Tea is slowly gaining her momentum thanks to health and wellness trend among younger generation. As GlobeNewswire had reported, The Tea Spot has joined with charity: water to create a Limited-edition charity: water Tea Tumbler set which provides clean water – with every set sold – to someone in need. The set includes a 32-ounce travel tumbler with infuser and double-walled insulation to keep tea fresh for hours (hot or cold). The special set also includes a 25+ serving package of “Peach on Earth” oolong tea for use with the bottle. Hundred percent of the net proceeds from each sale will be donated to charity: water with a goal of raising a total of $100,000 to bring clean water to an estimated 2,500 people.

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As a non-profit organization, charity: water funds sustainable water projects in areas of greatest need and works with local partners to implement them. According to charity: water, 785 million people in the world live without clean water. That’s nearly one in 10 people worldwide or twice the population of the United States. In parallel, The Tea Spot’s mission is to develop solutions for healthy hydration, so access to the gift of water is at their core.

The Tea Spot is a leading and well reputed producer of handcrafted whole leaf teas and Steepware, and the company donates 10% of all profits in-kind to cancer survivors and community wellness programmes. The Tea Spot has also donated many specialty tea sachets to first responders, doctors and nurses at eight hospitals and clinics in some of the states most impacted by COVID19 in the United States, including New York, California and Texas.

To order The Tea Spot’s Limited-edition charity: water Tea Tumbler set, visit theteaspot.com/products/charity-water-tea-tumbler-set. Shipping is free to the lower 48 states in the U.S. but note that the set is excluded from further discounts, as 100 percent of net proceeds are donated to charity: water’s clean water projects.

About the Founder

The Tea Spot was founded by Maria Uspenski in 2004, a cancer survivor drawn to the health benefits of leaf tea during her recovery. Her mission is to empower healthy living through tea. She is the author of “Cancer Hates Tea” and was recognized as the “Top Tea Health Advocate” at the 2017 World Tea Expo. Maria has been featured in the Huffington Post, on television, radio and podcast interviews for her success as a social entrepreneur and certified tea & fitness nutrition expert.

Click here……….. to learn more about well reputed tea firm “The Tea Spot”.

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References

Main Source: https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2021/11/30/2343213/0/en/The-Gift-That-Gives-Back-Limited-edition-The-Tea-Spot-x-charity-water-Tumbler-Set-Will-Fuel-100-000-Donation-Goal-to-Bring-Clean-Water-to-People-in-Need.html

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Free Webinar: Green vs. Black: Same Plant – Different Teas?

Tea is the most popular beverage in the world after water. The diversity of tea is certainly a reason for it’s popularity. Sizes are vary from fine Matcha powder to large leaf OPA or Tai Ping Houkui. Types are vary from very light fragrant white tea from dark strong Pu-Erh tea. When considering types of tea, Green and Black are two of most popular types around the world. Now you have got a great opportunity to learn about these two types of tea: growing, processing, steeping, health benefits & more… through the free webinar organized by Blue Monkey Tea.

Date and Time

Sun, August 22, 2021

3:00 AM – 3:30 AM (GMT)

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Click here……. to register

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About This Green vs Black Free Webinar

Have you ever wondered what is the difference between green and black tea? Did you know that both of these tea types derive from the same plant Camellia Sinensis?

In this class you can learn how these teas are processed to obtain such a different characteristics and what are the best ways to prepare them. The organizer will also talk about each tea type’s history, growing regions, health benefits & many more.

This event is part of the ongoing weekly series TEA SATURDAYS LIVE and available to watch on organizer’s FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM pages.

These classes are recorded and available to watch later on Facebook and on Blue Monkey Tea YouTube Channel.

The US Tea lovers can buy over 400 teas/herbs and all sorts of tea accessories at our Pittsburgh store at 5872 Forbes Ave or online at www.bluemonkeytea.com

This kind of webinars are helpful to educate tea lovers on their favourite beverage. In the end, tea industry as a whole is benefited in medium and long term.

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References

  1. Main Source: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-vs-black-same-plant-different-teas-tickets-167782163969?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

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This is The First Tea Farm in Alaska

Tea consumption is growing in the US due to increasing health and wellness concerns. Hawaii islands is well known for her commercial tea cultivations. Other than that there are few tea farms located in the US mainland. Charleston tea plantation in South Carolina is the largest among all. There is another in California namely Golden Feather Tea Company. Surprisingly, this story is about the only tea farm in Alaska initiated just few days ago. This tea farm has started near Fairbanks. And it’s geothermally heated.

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Jenny Tse grew up in Fairbanks drinking coffee. But she does drink tea — all day, in fact. Outside her shop she pours a guest an expensive Hawaiian-grown blend. But she didn’t discover tea until she was a student in Idaho working on her athletic training and education degrees. She wanted to save money. Tse is an international-award-winning tea expert, consulted by artisanal growers in Hawaii, India and China And she runs the leading tea manufacturing company in Alaska. Now she has started the only tea farm in Alaska.

She returned to Alaska to work as a trainer and physical therapist, then later as a high school math teacher. But Tse continued her research on tea. She says she learned it could be transformative. She came to the idea after 14 years as the proprietor of Sipping Streams, an artisanal tea store on the west side of Fairbanks. She demonstrate visitors a large bag of dried fireweed blossoms, cranberries and the tea leaves that assisted earn her reputation.

Tse started teaching tea classes, and eventually opened Sipping Streams Tea Company in Fairbanks. That got her to travel to tea farms in China and India.

The Essence of Tea: The Transformational Journey of a Tea Connoisseur by [Jenny Tse]

She has literally written the book on tea. “The Essence of Tea: The Transformational Journey of a Tea Connoisseur” became a bestseller on Amazon.

During COVID 19 pandemic, Tse initiated a podcast interviewing international tea experts and a YouTube channel to reach customers who could not come into the shop. And she continued her online tea certification program with students across the country and in the UK. She sent each student a small tea plant to grow indoors. And that sparked the idea of growing tea in Alaska. Tse thought of Chena Hot Springs and Bernie Karl, the entrepreneur who pioneered sustainable energy projects and year-round food production in geothermally heated greenhouses.

The camellia sinensis trees came from Camellia Forest Tea Garden in North Carolina. It was a little nerve-racking as they were trucked across the continent and flown to Alaska. Tse is hoping to harvest the tea flushes later this summer. She will be teaching a class on tea at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival in July at the tea farm at Chena Hot Springs.

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References

  1. Main Source: https://www.ktoo.org/2021/06/06/alaskas-first-tea-farm-is-geothermally-heated/
  2. Company Website: https://sippingstreams.com/
  3. The Essence of Tea: https://www.amazon.com/Essence-Tea-Transformational-Journey-Connoisseur-ebook/dp/B07K8RB6GJ
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Introducing Soleil by Tea Forté & The New York Botanical Garden

Even though USA is a coffee drinking nation, there were legends like Late Steven Smith, the founder of Tazo tea company, co-founder of Stash Tea Company and Late David Walker, the founder of Walker Tea LLC who foresaw the trend for specialty tea in the US. Tea Forté is also a company which has been serving good teas and herbal infusions to USA tea lovers with innovative combinations and packing. With the collaboration of New York Botanical Garden, Tea Forté has introduced Soleil Collection, a sublime quintet of bright, sunny tea blends showcasing the natural aromatics and sumptuous flavors of spring’s bounty. As ever, a portion of sales of each collection supports the NYBG’s horticulture, conservation, education and research.

Tea Forté first collaborated with the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) in 2019 on the Jardin Collection, followed by The Fleur Collection in 2020. The Soleil Collection’s blends were crafted by their tea Sommelier and Director of Global Quality, Piotr Miga.

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Soleil Collection

The includes five organic tea blends, each packaged in custom botanical artwork composed of pieces from the NYBG Archives. The Soleil Collection’s assortment of USDA Organic and Kosher Certified teas include:

  1. VANILLA ROSE: A MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE TEA WITH SWEET VANILLA AND FLORAL NOTES
  2. WILDFLOWER HONEY CITRUS: DELICATE GREEN TEA, HONEYED CITRUS AND SPRING FLOWERS
  3. CHERRY BLOSSOM: A JOYOUS PAIRING OF TART CHERRIES, FLOWERS AND ELEGANT GREEN TEA
  4. DARJEELING QUINCE: A PRIZED BLACK TEA BALANCED WITH CITRUS, QUINCE AND HIBISCUS
  5. WILD BERRY HIBISCUS: A BERRY BLEND BRIGHTENED BY HIBISCUS AND ROSEHIP

Soleil Collection include the Soleil Gift Set, a Presentation Box featuring 20 pyramid infusers; a Petite Presentation Box featuring 10 infusers; a 15-serving Single Steeps Sampler; a Vanilla Rose Loose Leaf Tea Canister, a Wildflower Honey Citrus Loose Leaf Tea Canister and a KATI® Steeping Cup with Stainless Steel Infuser.

“Soleil is a French word for ‘sun,’ and for this collaboration with the NYBG, we were inspired by the concepts of sunshine, spring, and the bounty of flowers that bloom this time of year.” Those points of inspiration, Miga says, are threaded throughout the collection’s engagement of the senses, from the bright visuals in its packaging to the sunny springtime fragrances and flavor profiles of each blend, meant to invoke feelings of hope and restoration.— Sommelier and Director of Global Quality, Piotr Miga

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References

  1. Source: https://www.teaforte.com/teanotes/introducing-the-soleil-collection
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