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"Something is wrong in the state of Denmark or The chasm between global tea production and consumers
Firstly, apologies to Denmark. I love the country and the inhabitants, I have met, but the phrase is apt in that it talks to a troubling...

john snell
Apr 21, 20214 min read
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(N) Ever Given proves that the best laid plans can run aground!
I was in the middle of writing my next dit and then this came across the airwaves, or more correctly across the Suez! Now whether this...

john snell
Mar 26, 20213 min read
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The Clash foresaw the plight of Kenyan tea harvesting back in 1982
"Should I stay or should I go?" could have been written to describe the quandary of the Kenyan tea producer and the decision to move from...

john snell
Mar 5, 20213 min read
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Georgia, The oldest new tea destination
Ask people where tea is grown and penny to a pound they will not mention Georgia, the republic of not the state! Ask them to point it out...

john snell
Feb 23, 20213 min read
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Blending, a two dimensional art entering the fourth dimension
When I started in the tea industry, the art or science (if some are to be believed) of blending was focused on consistent product...

john snell
Jan 4, 20215 min read
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Tea and the Soviets, an Azerbaijani heritage!
As the conflict in the caucus area of Nagorno-Karabakh reaches, what we all hope will be, a longer lasting peace, I suspect that this is...

john snell
Nov 30, 20203 min read
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Tea, sugar, age, covid and oil: A Mauritian tea story.
If you have never visited Mauritius then you should! Sitting at the bottom and left quadrant of the Indian ocean , this slice of Africa...

john snell
Oct 28, 20203 min read
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Tea, the 364 days between International days of recognition
International Tea Day is like a new puppy at Christmas, too easy to ignore during the rest of the year, yet we need to understand this 24...

john snell
May 21, 20202 min read
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ICED TEA, COVID 19 AND PLATO
I am probably not alone at viewing the growing COVID19 statistics in the US and feeling somewhat perplexed (ok , I am being polite) at...

john snell
May 15, 20203 min read
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Whose fault is it? Not mine! Why the Tea industry struggles for balance.
The tea community is very much like the investor community or the home owner community, they all believe it is their God given right to...

john snell
Apr 13, 20203 min read
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The silver lining COVID 19 for the tea industry
Is it too much to suppose that there will be a silver lining to the current pandemic, sweeping the Globe? Personally, I don't think so;...

john snell
Apr 13, 20202 min read
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