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STiR tea & coffee industry international 65 Emerson Leonard Sales Director What's the STiR in the next issue... STiR visits Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer and soon the largest consuming nation... Jenny Neill reports on the latest in automated roast- ers... Suzanne Brown discloses the intracacies of GIS | GPS crop surveys... Dan Shryock writes about espresso gear.. our China Sourcing series continues with a visit to Zhejiang... Counter Culture offers advice on meeting FSMA rules... Tea filling equipment and packaging innovations. Jane Pettigrew Tea Correspondent Jane is a London-based tea spe- cialist, writer, and consultant who has authored several books. Katrina is a freelance writer, editor, tea blogger and author who is based in Boston. Seattle-based Jenny chases stories on wellness and business with an interest in sustainability. Contributors Jenny Neill Coffee Correspondent Katrina Avila Munichiello US-based Emerson is director of sales at October Multimedia representing STiR Tea & Coffee and COTECA (Coffee Tea Cocoa/ Global Industry Expo). Boonthin is director of October Inter Co. Ltd. and the liaison with STiR's Bangkok service providers. Helen is a China tea specialist, author, and member of the Shanghai Tea Institute, living in Singapore. Glenn Anthony John has decades of experience in magazines as editor and publisher at international trade magazines, including those for the tea & coffee industry. He founded Tea & Coffee Asia in 1999. In 2012 he founded STiR Tea & Coffee. Dan edited Specialty Coffee Retailer and was publisher of Tea Magazine and World Tea News. He is a beverage retail consultant and frequent speaker and edits the weekly Tea Biz blog. He lives in Winnipeg, Canada. Art director Somjet Thitasomboon beautifully puts together everything in STiR Tea & Coffee, from sunny California. S T A F F Boonthin Tubsongkroh Director Dan Bolton Managing Editor Glenn Anthony John Publisher Helen Xu Fei Correspondent and Translator Somjet Thitasomboon Art Director Ann-Marie Hardie Anne-Marie is a Canadian writer and mother of two who loves experimenting with tea blends.