The tea and coffee industries have been instrumental in the lives of women across the globe for centuries. Women workers, despite their contributions on the field, have always been relegated to the bottom strata. According to the International Coffee Organization (ICO), between 20% to 30% of coffee farms are female-operated, ...

What does it take to slow down and unwind from a day’s work of hustle? In a season where boundaries for work and personal space become conflated, it may be a challenge for us to fully unplug from our day’s work without feeling the need to draft the following day’s ...

    A cup of tea is often an affordable source of comfort. Or is it? In China, family farms in prestigious areas are thriving, but those in non-prestigious areas face tremendous price pressures. Tea growers are found to have the most disadvantageous position in the supply chain - where ...

The history of tea spans centuries and the history of fake tea is almost as long. As far back as two hundred years ago, British tea drinkers had to deal with the unscrupulous dealers seller used tea leaves and “smouch”, a fake tea made from ash tree and treated with ...