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How Tea How Tea
Became Chai Became Chai
30 30
Japanese Japanese
Coffee Sector Coffee Sector
20
Farmer-owned
Factories
26 26
Diversifying Diversifying
Argentina's Tea Argentina's Tea
Bounty Bounty
18 18
Coffee Supply Coffee Supply
Chain Chain
Dependencies Dependencies
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QA Thaleon QA Thaleon
Tremain Tremain
FEATURE
The 'i' in STiR: Mr. Paras Desai is the
executive director of Wagh Bakri Tea
Group, one of India's largest packaged
tea companies, with a business legacy
spanning over 100 years. He's a
fourth-generation visionary and ambitious
entrepreneur who joined the Wagh Bakri
Tea family business in 1993.
Cover photo: Kaley Tea Estate in
southern Sri Lanka uses biochar derived
from coconut husks to enhance soil
fertility and other regenerative farming
methods to grow award-winning organic
teas—photo by STiR associate editor
Diana Jendoubi.
