Industry News at TeaSmart by Adagio Teas

AdagioXL invites clients to join a private Business Forum on TeaChat, a welcoming online space for tea professionals to connect, collaborate, and grow. Members can share sourcing experiences, retail insights, challenges, and customer outreach ideas. To request access, email cynthia@adagio.com and help nurture a thriving tea community together with us.

Share your tea wishes with our new Product Suggestions form on adagioXL.com! Click the top-right button, type in desired herbs, wares, blends, or flavors, and help guide future offerings. Our team reviews, researches, and tracks every idea, ensuring client feedback shapes popular products and keeps us ahead of trends together.

Save money and stay stocked with Adagio Wholesale bulk tea sacks, Co-Ops, scheduled purchases, and reservations. Order popular teas in 25 lb sacks, join others to meet 8-sack minimums, schedule ahead to reduce delays, or reserve single-origin and blended teas with a 15% deposit for guaranteed availability and great pricing.

News from Adagio Wholesale! Reserve Tea lets you secure single origins and blends in our warehouse with just 15% down. Single origin reservations run January through April for winter arrival; blends reserve year-round with six months’ lead time. Draw down stock anytime, paying the remaining balance as you order ahead.

Refresh your 2025 tea menu with trends customers will crave! Wellness blends like Lavender Lemon soothe and support, exotic fruit herbals such as Dragonfruit Dream bring tropical pizzazz iced or hot, and dessert-inspired indulgences like White Chocolate Peppermint deliver guilt-free delight. Update now for a prosperous, flavorful tea year ahead!

Adagio Wholesale is pleased to introduce two convenient ordering services for wholesale clients: schedule bulk sack production in advance to help ensure timely fulfillment, and pre-order out of stock items to stay first in line. Manage both through your account, enjoy easier planning, priority processing, and share feedback anytime today.

We are happy to share a new AdagioXL wholesale perk: loyal customers may use accrued loyalty points to purchase one 16 oz pouch of select low-stock teas before they sell out. Earn points through purchases, blends, autodelivery, referrals, and reviews, then redeem them for savings, rewards, or limited availability access.

Just in time for summer, Adagio Teas Wholesale now offers auto delivery for single serve teabags and iced tea pouches. Registered B2B clients can schedule favorite teas every 14, 30, 60, or 90 days, receive reminder emails, adjust orders easily, and keep restaurants or cafés perfectly stocked always all summer.

Adagio business clients can now easily review purchasing patterns on AdagioXL.com. Under My Orders, the new Frequency and Recency section shows 24 months of product history, charts, last purchase dates, and potential pricing-tier savings. Use this data to plan quantities, bundle orders, reduce shipping costs, and share helpful feedback today.

Your busy schedule just got easier with the new AdagioXL Wholesale app! Built for business clients, it lets you order teas, manage carts, addresses, billing, tracking, and favorites on the go. Learn about new products, get industry tips, and finish orders anywhere. Download from Google or Apple today, enjoy convenience!

NEWS! AdagioXL.com has upgraded wholesale shopping with new features. Add forgotten items to recent unprocessed orders, save cart products for later, request eligible unopened returns through My Orders within 90 days, and sign up for SMS shipment updates. We welcome feedback and recommend ordering early for events, promos, and availability.

Holiday shoppers are already browsing, budget-minded, and ready for festive deals! Retailers should offer attractive gift bundles, loyalty discounts, online ordering with in-store pickup, and clear store information. Despite economic worries, modest growth is expected. Affordable luxuries like tea and teaware can make cozy, wellness-friendly gifts beautifully shine this season!

Adagio Wholesale News! Our self-serve custom blend service now works with white label packaging, letting business clients package their unique teas. Create a blend from existing teas, save it, then choose “custom blend” in white label. Minimums apply: ten pounds or 60 retail units. Bulk purchasing remains available for you.

Over the years, we’ve shared hard-won tea business lessons to help every cup rise. Now they’re gathered in our free 80-page New Tea Business Guide, covering branding, naming, tasting, shops, and reseller IDs. Visit AdagioXL.com, enter your email, and start learning from our missteps and successes today online, for free!

Wholesale customers, rejoice: AdagioXL offers more ways to fatten your loyalty piggy bank! Beyond purchase points, earn by scheduling Auto-Delivery, sharing $10 referral certificates, creating custom blends, and posting Google Reviews. Click the “Earn Points” piggy icon anytime, watch savings accrue, and contact orders@adagio.com with questions. Let points pour daily!

Adagio Wholesale is delighted to offer a simple tea menu creation service for clients. Choose wrapped full-leaf sachets or select loose-leaf teas, add your logo and font, then print. Menus save in your account for reprints, with optional Adagio printing coming soon. Visit adagioXL.com or email for details today now!

Global shipping challenges have made importing teas, herbs, spices, and teaware unpredictable, with container shortages, crowded ports, and shifting ETAs delaying restocks. Please be patient: vendors are sourcing what they can, securing new harvests quickly, and encouraging customers to pivot toward available favorites. Success, like tea, is fed by resilience!

Our wholesale clients can now review purchased products on AdagioXL.com and earn loyalty points. Log into your account, choose “Write Reviews,” select an item, click a 1–5 star rating, write your comments, and post. Each review earns three extra loyalty points. Try it today, and share your feedback. Happy reviewing!

As 2021 approaches, cautious optimism follows vaccines, though food service must plan for months of outdoor seating, delivery, and curbside pickup. Stock comforting wellness teas, playful colorful blends, and indulgent dessert flavors to sustain customers, parents, teachers, and workers. Supply chains remain strained, so keep bestselling teas ready for sale.

In a year unlike any other, clients met 2020’s shocks with courage, pivoting from storefronts to online sales, curbside teas, and inventive provisions. Suppliers faced shortages, delays, surcharges, and safety demands, revealing weaknesses to mend. Hats off to all; cheers to health, happiness, prosperity, and lessons carried into 2021 ahead.

Introducing Auto Delivery for Adagio Wholesale clients! Registered B2B restaurants and cafés can keep favorite teas arriving predictably every 14, 30, 60, or 90 days. Log into AdagioXL.com, turn on Auto Delivery, choose teas and quantities, and receive a reminder email three days before shipment. Keep the TEA always flowing!

Davids Tea’s restructuring and US bankruptcy leave local shoppers seeking new tea purveyors as shops close. AdagioXL is ready with comparable blends, from Cinnamon Rooibos Chai to Buddha’s Dream and Peach Bellini, crafted without candied fruits, dairy, or nuts. Promote these teas, welcome lost customers, and carpe diem locally!

Adagio Teas’ wholesale team sweetly unveils raw honey varietals curated to pair with teas. From knotweed for rooibos to blueberry blossom for herbals and black locust for fruity tisanes, plus sourwood, tupelo, and Manuka, each 12 oz jar offers distinctive flavor, wellness appeal, and retail gift potential. Follow for updates!

Use COVID-19’s pause as Sabbath and springboard: super-clean your tearoom, rethink safety, suppliers, tools, and linens. Keep customers close through weekly, cheerful messages, blogs, mail, and updated websites. Educate more than sell, offer thoughtful service, create fresh recipes and spaces, ask needs, thank everyone, and share tea’s serenity with hope.

Happy to share Adagio Wholesale’s fresh additions: convenient single-serve loose leaf Portions for cafés and travelers, rare retail-sized MasterTeas for tastings and special menus, Auto Delivery for predictable restocking, and curated raw honeys to pair beautifully with every cup. These offerings bring ease, freshness, authenticity and sweetness to tea service.

Tea growth will continue through 2020 and beyond, rewarding retailers who champion artisanal, full-leaf quality, convenient premium bags, cold-brew service, boba, matcha, RTD and carbonated teas. Restaurants and bars can profit with polished tea menus, cocktails, sampling, refrigeration and private branding that widens awareness, drives purchases, and delights educated customers.

Herbal blends continue to grow in popularity, inspiring us to expand direct-sourced herbs and spices for business clients blending their tisanes. To streamline ordering, we’ve launched a dedicated Herbs and Spices section on AdagioXL.com, with more additions coming soon. Freeze-dried fruits remain in Pantry, and master blending guidance is available.

Wholesale partners, rejoice! Adagio Teas now rewards every purchase with loyalty points, offering a $25 gift certificate for each $500 spent. Once earned, certificates appear at checkout on the billing page, ready to apply to orders. It’s our thank-you for choosing us for tea needs. Cheers to growing success together!

Planes, trains and automobiles are steering tea industrialites to Las Vegas for the World Tea Expo, where Adagio Teas awaits at Booth 533 with matcha gift sets, flavored matcha, bulk herbs, spices, teaware and gifty things, plus free menu reviews and market reports to help refine every tea business cheerfully.

Adagio Teas Wholesale has introduced updates, including a shopping cart that saves items for thirty days and smaller 4-pack ceramic options. Coming soon are west coast stocking chests for faster service and a points-based loyalty program. Keep sharing ideas as we continue working to make wholesale ordering easier for you!

Gourmet tea is blossoming as mainstream drinkers seek health benefits and stay for approachable flavors, with some advancing toward premium single-estate brews. For purveyors, success means defining style, explaining selections, guiding expectations, and tracking culinary flavor trends. Health, taste, and eager aficionados will keep reshaping the tea landscape. Stay sharp!

Have you had enough show recaps? This year’s smaller gathering still buzzed with energy, fresh faces, serious start-ups, seasoned pros, classes, products and camaraderie. Favorites included Sharp Tea Cere, Crafttea’s Ultimate Tea Maker, and remarkable origin teas. The industry feels healthy, and Vegas awaits next year. Thanks for stopping by!

Adagio Teas returns to the World Tea Expo in sunny Long Beach at booth 839, showcasing retail-ready iced tea pouches, decorative 2 oz. matcha tins, and stylish porcelain cup-and-infuser sets. Can’t attend near Mother’s Day? Please reach out for details on these fresh, convenient teas and wares. Easy peasy!

Reuters reports David’s Tea may be steeping plans for an IPO, with anonymous sources pointing to rapid store growth in visible markets. If true, the move could echo Starbucks’ Teavana acquisition, drawing business-minded newcomers, expanding tea-centric marketing, and raising awareness. Stay tuned: tea retailing may be nearing another boom soon.

Teamap is looking spiffy with an elegant new design, refreshed colors, and a cleaner layout. Functionality stays familiar, while owner login and “add your tearoom” tools are easier to find. As autumn brings busy tearoom days, update listings, photos, and overviews, and please report closings to help us stay current.

At month’s end, we’ll trade Nevada’s sun for Long Beach breezes at World Tea Expo, May 29-31. Tea friends will gather, taste, and talk shop. Visit booth 849 to discover new Body & Soul wellness gifts, children’s tea sets, and a few blends we’re keeping up our sleeve for you.

We’re heading to Chicago for the 2014 International Home + Housewares Show at McCormick Place, March 15-18, with a new, easier-to-find booth: S343. We’ll display our wares and tea gift options, then visit World Tea Expo in Long Beach. Please stop by, say hello, and share trends with us soon!

Teavana’s Starbucks-backed concept store may unsettle specialty tea retailers, but its marketing muscle can steep broader awareness. Flavored blends, though scoffed at by purists, welcome novices, some of whom will graduate to oolongs, senchas, and local artisans. There’s room in America’s teacup for chains, independents, and every traveler alike. Cheers!

May flew by, and June brings the World Tea Expo, June 7-9 in sunny Las Vegas. I’m looking forward to seeing tea-friends and clients at booth 528, joined by Linda Wong from Adagio retail training. Please stop by, meet Linda, share your business news, and plans for the future soon!

Big news in specialty tea: Starbucks has acquired Teavana while launching its first Tazo boutique, signaling serious attention to tea. Though veterans wonder how brands will coexist, Teavana may ride Starbucks distribution. If successful, the industry gains mainstream awareness, proving coffee remains king, but tea is queen of the ball.

Back for its second year, World Tea East returns to Philadelphia October 2-3, gathering east coast tea professionals. Adagio Teas will be at booth 201, showcasing new teaware like personaliTEA colors, stainless infusers and activiTEA tumblers, plus bestsellers. We’re eager to greet customers and new purveyors. See you in Philly!

The long-rumored news is finally here: Starbucks will open a Tazo teashop in Seattle this October, confirming industry whispers after hiring Charles Cain. The move signals growing confidence in America’s tea market, may revive Tazo’s appeal among serious drinkers, and could inspire big retailers to cultivate even more tea fans.

On the road to the World Tea Expo, the Steam Punk beckoned: four gleaming crucibles where bean and leaf whirl under pressure. Alpha Dominche’s brewer coaxed swift, nuanced cups from coffee, tea and tisanes without astringency or carryover, offering commercial speed, consistency, elegance, theatre—and delicious justice for both rivals.

At the 10th World Tea Expo in Las Vegas, bustling aisles brought customers, friends, and new discoveries to Adagio’s booth. Argo, Takeya, Zealong, Mountain Tea, and Thistledown charmed with bottles, wares, oolongs, and cozies, while suitcase leaves promised future cuppings. Kudos and thanks to the Jages for gathering tea hearts.

Fabulous February arrives with optimism after a lively Winter Fancy Food Show, where comforting flavors like chocolate, vanilla, caramel, citrus and floral shine. Tea friends reconnect, chocolatiers inspire blends, and beloved IngenuiTEA plus elegant glassware return to shelves. Valentine tins debut, Mother’s Day gifts loom, and leap year adds fun!

Another year turns, with 2012 arriving amid economic uncertainty, election jitters, and the familiar ups and downs of recovery. Yet tea remains comforting, and hardship has revealed generous hearts. May kindness spread, businesses adapt, confidence return, and the New Year bring health, prosperity, and brighter winds for all dear readers.

World Tea East in Philadelphia pleasantly surprised attendees despite rough weather, drawing lively East Coast tea businesses, old friends and new professionals. The cozy convention center, reception honoring John Harney, and Bunn’s promising Trifecta brewer kept conversations steeping. Overall, the show recharged tea batteries and proved passion truly contagious again.

Eastern US tea professionals are heading to Philadelphia this month, September 9-10, for World Tea East, a trade show and educational conference for networking, sourcing, tastings and marketing insight. Adagio Teas will greet visitors at booth 214, while Charles Cain presents “Tea 201: Finding Profitability.” See you in Philly soon!

Specialty tea is finding fresh paths through focused niche blends. Beyond broad catalogs, new companies like Teamotions, Tiesta Teas and Crazy Bitch Tea offer teas for grief, lifestyle needs and feminine balance. Evocative, functional or funny, these selective spotlights help mainstream customers connect with tea, one need at a time.

Since World Tea Expo, talk keeps steeping around Teavana’s IPO—big, big news for specialty tea. Its success may open doors to loans, leases, investors, and growth, riding comfort-cup enthusiasm with Dunkin and Chef Warehouse. Yet expansion needs broader tea education. Cheers, tea friends—don’t stop believing in Shangri-La for everyone soon.

Last week’s World Tea Expo sped by, jam-packed with lively tea conversations. Our stronger loose tea presentation drew many visitors, from realistic newcomers to resilient established businesses. Though some regulars were absent, perhaps awaiting World Tea East, the show re-energized us, showcasing collegial competitors and a flourishing specialty tea industry together.

We’re steeping with excitement for World Tea Expo, transforming Sin City into (Camellia) SINensis City! Expect bootcamps, tastings, workshops, Aureole’s tea luncheon, Infusion Challenge fun, Championship sips, and Adagio appearances. Charles, Suzette, and yours truly will teach, blend, and celebrate with tea-peeps from everywhere. Come say hello over tea, naturally!

Will you be attending the World Tea Expo in Las Vegas, June 24-26? Register by April 22 for free admission and seminar savings. We’ll be exhibiting at booth 225 and teaching blending. Enjoy vendors, products, classes, industry news, networking, and STI certification opportunities. Email Cynthia, and come join us there!

Eleven years on, the fine tea dream is nearing fruition: great tea appearing in everyday establishments, propelled by a generous, collaborative young industry. Tearooms, shops, commercials, celebrities, health chatter and private labels abound. With green tea spreading and seasoned business minds arriving, American enthusiasts edge closer to tea’s Promised Land.

June's bustling trade shows left Adagio energized, with strong turnouts signaling renewed business confidence and tea’s upswing. Restaurants are trading dreary fannings for loose leaf and premium pyramid bags. Award-winning Anteadote bottled teas, artisan Masters Collection, and new organic pyramid flavors are drawing delicious attention for 2010 and optimism ahead.

Trade show season is here, and Adagio Teas is hitting the road! Visit us at the National Restaurant Show in Chicago, World Tea Expo in Las Vegas, and Fancy Food Show in New York. Stop by our booths, meet Charles Cain, talk tea, discover resources, and sample something wonderful, too!

Each summer, New York’s Javits Center hosts NASFT Fancy Food Show, a tour of gourmet trends. Tearoom owners can refresh menus with artisanal cheeses, tea-infused sweets, olive oils, chocolates, clotted creams and crackers. The SOFI finalists offer inspiration for tastings, while Adagio welcomes visitors in New York or San Francisco.

The U.S. specialty tea industry is taking wing, growing from novelty to serious business. Its future depends on cooperation, honest education, smarter competition and caring service. By partnering locally, celebrating tea’s enjoyment beyond health claims, and guiding customers truthfully, businesses can lift one another and keep fine tea flourishing daily.

Want to make your tea shop greener? Recycle brewed leaves for gardens, donate aging tea and surplus food, choose recycled paper, avoid plastic, reward reusable tins, laminate lasting materials, use wipe-off boards and e-mail, review daily waste, and invite customer ideas. Small local habits save money and our world's resources.

Difficult economies ebb and flow like tides, so don’t panic! Be patient, observe, and evaluate before making drastic moves. Tighten wisely, question stock, staff, space, and service. Tea offers comfort, affordable luxury, and oasis moments. Treat customers warmly, smile, listen, and make your business the respite weary souls seek today.

Fava Tea Company opened in Grand Chute, Wisconsin, after Bryan and Mellisa Stafford’s European tea inspiration revealed a local need for quality loose leaf. Careful yearlong planning, a prime high-traffic location, trained enthusiastic staff, and 170 teas fueled early success. Only more seating is wished for as customers linger happily.

Happy New Year! Don’t coast after the holidays: winter is prime tea time. Offer customers healthy sips, quiet oases, cozy spiced, vanilla, nut and tropical blends, plus comforting greens like Genmai Cha and Dragonwell. Use January inventory to review winners, retire laggards, and communicate plans with vendors for mutual success.

What? A tea business runs on passion alone? Ha! The Smart Tea Person drinks, tastes, learns, obeys regulations, masters numbers, markets relentlessly, trains staff, stays present, knows customers, and keeps everything spotless. Tea takes time, discipline, curiosity, and follow-through; ignore details and things go kaplooey, along with profits fast too.

Tea, ancient and perfect, is nevertheless bustling toward a lively American future. Tradition still whispers water, leaves, vessel; the devil waves bubble tea, chai, flavors and ice. Retailers, teahouses, accessories, green and white teas, and university crowds promise vitality. What is new about tea? In a word, everything, gloriously indeed.