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22 STiR tea & coffee industry international / Issue 3, 2016 (June/July) work in hotel acquisitions and the tourist industry. He wanted to make Kenyan tea (and coffee) recognizable as Kenyan and not just as a constituent in blends. The two entrepreneurs are dedicated to selling coffees and teas that are traceable and ethical, and of the highest possible quality, by working with farmers all over the world, and especially Kenya. The new outlet on Haymarket station is a replica red telephone box and will offer Campbell's coffee and Safari Lounge teas and infusions that include Kenyan earth black tea, organic Earl Grey blue flower, South African rooibos, Chinese gunpowder deluxe, Darjeeling, proper peppermint, calming chamomile blossom, lemongrass and ginger, and strawberry and mint. Georgian, north Indian, and West Bengali seeds) that will be planted next spring on six acres. There are plans to plant out a total of 15 acres and, in a few years' time, to market both loose and bagged tea, and a blended Welsh product through direct sales indepen- dent retailers, trade events, food festivals, etc. classic British fruits and flowers that everyone associates with a summer's day in an English garden. The pink liquor is richly fruity with subtle floral notes and conjures images of afternoon tea in the garden in June or July. Bettys apple and juniper tisane blends Yorkshire fruits and berries found growing in the Yorkshire country- side. The sweetness of the apples is balanced against the aromatic resinous, citrus, and pine notes of the juniper berries, the flavor and aroma that defines gin. The peppermint tisane is a mix of mint leaves with natural essential oils to give a clean, pure mint flavor and aroma. Bettys special rare green tea is an attractive and pleasing blend of Chinese green Mao Feng with a green tea from the Nandi Hills in Kenya, and a scatter- ing of beautiful pink rose petals that add a sweet floral note. And the new range also includes a Pai Mu Dan white tea from China. Picked in the early spring, the little dried shoots of one bud and two leaves have a delicate and fresh taste. www.bettys.co.uk/tea/bettys-fruit- herbal-teas Tea in Devon and Wales Since October 2015, Devon tea com- pany Plymouth Tea has been cultivating 500 tea plants in a Victorian walled garden at Maristow in the Tamar Valley near the coastal town of Plymouth. Partnering with community worker and horticulturalist Jenny Tunley-Price and a local school, plants were obtained from Practical Plants Ltd. Some have been planted inside the walls of the old kitchen garden, while others are now growing in the unculti- vated land outside the walls. The plants were about four years old when they arrived, so have sturdy roots and have grown better than expected through the recent mild winter. The land is a steep west-facing slope where the soil is acid clay loam that is full of rich organic matter. Plucking began in the spring this year and the company intends to make green tea and trial different blends to create their own signature tea. In Wales, Wild Fig fruit farm has planted 0.6 of an acre under polytunnels and have germinated some 30,000 seedlings (grown from sinensis, Nepali, Scotland's Red Box Coffee Plymouth tea garden Super benefits functional teas Safari Lounge in Scotland Scottish company Red Box Coffee and Kenya's Safari Lounge Tea are partner- ing to open their first coffee pod selling both teas and coffees at Haymarket railway station in Edinburgh. Red Box Coffee, established by coffee roaster Daniel Campbell, was named after the iconic British red telephone box, a symbol of communication in times gone by and a link to the way people commu- nicate and connect today with mobile phones and over cups of coffee. Safari Lounge was set up in Kenya by Romal Shah in 2007 to add value to his Tetley Functional Teas In April Tetley expanded its successful range of Tetley Super Green Teas by launching three new green teas that claim to benefit heart health, detox, and beauty. The Tetley Boost and Immune teas have been doing well and the company felt it was important to add more teas that include other health benefits that appeal, particularly to younger consumers. The new super green tea heart is a blend of green tea with forest fruits and added Vitamin B1 to help support cell function and circulation. Super green tea detox blends green tea with mint and a popular detox supplement called Selenium. And super green tea beauty balances green tea with apple and cucumber and added Vitamin B7 to promote a healthy complexion, hair follicles, and nail cells. "The focus on healthier lifestyles has created a really positive market for this range," says Andrew Pearl, director of customer and shopper marketing. The success of the super green tea range has boosted Tetley's success in the green category and volume sales of Tetley green teas have risen by 3.2% in the past year. East India Company Expands After its creation in 1600 by The Royal Charter granted by Queen Elizabeth I, the influence of The East India Com- pany was extensive. The company introduced Britain's dining tables to tea, coffee, chocolate, and spices, and created new communities, trading places,