A growing body of scientific evidence points to the human health benefits in tea. Yet tea growers who value quality suffer the consequences of discounting that drives them to compete with cheap, blends that are popular for the ability it gives brands to discount and lure consumers through price. That is harmful to an industry struggling to overcome an exploitative, colonial history and evolve into a sustainable, climate adapted, socially responsible tea industry.
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All About TeaBusinessworthyEthicsSustainabilityTeaTea IndustryThe new norm
Perspective
by Dilhanby DilhanEverything in life is about perspective. That’s to be expected, because what we believe is conditioned by what we know and that is naturally, our point of view. That makes…
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All About TeaNature and the EnvironmentSustainabilityTea IndustryThe new norm
The other side of the coin – price, value & livelihoods as building blocks for a new normal
by Dilhanby DilhanAmidst the chaos and cost of COVID are looming climate and social challenges. A focus on cheap as a means of restarting retail post COVID has the potential to create greater dislocation than COVID itself.
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All About TeaBusiness as a Matter of Human ServiceBusinessworthy
Significant 70th and blessed 90th
by Dilhanby DilhanThe achievement of business men and women is universally measured in profit. My brother and I are singularly fortunate that the family business we joined three decades ago, was fundamentally…
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Business as a Matter of Human ServiceBusinessworthyDilmahEnvironmentEthicsFacts of Tea
Three things to ponder on the 150th Anniversary of the World’s Finest Tea
by Dilhanby DilhanThe Colombo International Tea Convention 2017 concluded on Friday, elegantly supported by our most accomplished cricketer and commended by several of the international delegates as the most significant gathering of…
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Facts of TeaTea GardensTea TastingUnbelievable Tea Experiences
The Soul of the Leaf
by Dilhanby DilhanFor centuries the world has valued tea more than any other herb. Of course there is coffee, but the bean only shares a faint glimmer of the brilliance in tea.…
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View Full Album There is a powerful emotion that the act of pouring a cup of tea evokes. Visually, the cues include the appearance of the amber liquid pouring into…
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DilmahImages of TeaTeaTea TastingUnbelievable Tea Experiences
Natural. Magical. Uva 2011 Seasonal Flush.
by Dilhanby DilhanThere is no beverage quite like tea. Brewed from the leaves of a herb first recorded as a medicine five thousand years ago, tea has since been celebrated in…
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