In the October issue of Specialty Food Magazine, 2009 survey results were published on today’s specialty food consumer. Tea – the kind we offer- is considered a specialty food. Here were some interesting findings: General findings: 56% of all specialty food consumers purchased Coffee 50% purchased Cheese. Same percentage for Chocolate. 33% purchased Tea 77% [...]
Category Archives: Fair Trade
Chocolates
No question, we love chocolates. But not any chocolates. For the Tea Room, we look for smaller bars, organic if possible, fair trade when available and a lower fat or calorie content in at least some of the selections. For taste, we look for depth, purity and smoothness. Over the years, we have perfected our [...]
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Fair Trade
Today we make our 2nd quarter 2009 payments to each estate from which we purchase Fair Trade teas. The way it works is that we tally all Fair Trade activities during a quarter and then send in the Fair Trade contributions to a specially-established account for each estate. I often hear derogatory comments about Fair [...]
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For some reasons, sweet items do better for us than savory. We are ourselves partial to savory items and think they are a fine counterpoint to tea but our customers think otherwise. This is especially true of small, impulse items placed near the register or a small item to finish off a meal in lieu [...]
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