World Tea Expo Las Vegas
The 2009 World Tea expo started well in Las Vegas on Saturday with an informative day of seminars and an expo floor with something for everyone! Presentations covered world and US markets for tea, basic introductions to areas such as teas carbon footprint, tea shop related topics such as cashless transactions as well as focused tastings. The US market has great interest across the spectrum from lemon flavoured Iced teas to speciality oolongs from Nepal. Th expo floor was just as diverse with good representations from tea companies in China, India, Vietnam, and Malawi all utilising local skills and knowledge to make interesting and unique teas for the consumer - White and oolong teas seem to have fired the imagination of the producers with examples of these types appearing on stands from around the world. I am looking forward to a fascinating Sunday!