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| The Global Tea Championship (GTC), an independent competition that evaluates and distinguishes the highest quality and best tasting specialty teas, presented three Gold, eight Silver and 17 Bronze medals to the best, premium iced teas in various categories --- all of which are commercially sold around the world. The competition took place in August in Montebello, Calif. at the Wilbur Curtis headquarters. Three judges tasted and evaluated all of the teas, including: Eliot Jordan, vice president of tea, Mighty Leaf, for Peet's Coffee, John Cullicott, president and COO of Walters Bay, and Manik Jayakumar, CEO of QTrade Teas & Herbs. The Global Tea Championship Iced Tea Class is divided into several categories, according to market application and sales channels, including: 1) Commercial 2) Bag-in-Box 3) Instant and 4) Ready to Drink. Each category is then separated into various sub-categories, to represent popular products currently being sold in the marketplace. The 2018 Global Tea Championship Iced Tea winners include: Commercial Green Straight Silver: Farmer Brothers - Farmer Brothers Select Green Iced Tea Bronze: Shangri La Tea Co. Inc. - Organic Green Tea Black Straight Gold: The Tea Smith LLC - Blue Mountain Silver: Farmer Brothers - Farmer Brothers Island Medley Classic Black Flavored White Gold: La Crème Coffee & Tea - Blueberry White Tea Flavored Green Silver: The Tea Smith LLC - Green Goodness Bronze: Shangri La Tea Co. Inc. - Organic Tropic Green Tea Flavored Black Silver: Teatulia - Watermelon Black Bronze: Kai Organics - Texas Peach Flavored Herbal Gold: Kai Organics - Hibiscus Berry Silver: The Tea Smith LLC - Hibiscus Cooler Bronze: Shangri La Tea Co. Inc. - Raspberry Cooler Blended Herbal Bronze: Brew Lab Tea - Spring Trellis Bag in Box Black Straight Bronze: Farmer Brothers - Farmer Brothers Black Unsweetened Iced Tea Instant Powder Green Straight Bronze: Cusa Tea - Organic Green Tea Matcha Straight Bronze: ITO EN (North America) Inc. - Matcha LOVE Unsweetened Single Serve Packets Ready to Drink Green Straight Silver: ITO EN (North America) Inc. - Oi Ocha Organic Unsweetened Black Straight Silver: Tejava/Crystal Geyser Water Co. - Tejava Original Black Tea Flavored Green Bronze: Teavana - Teavana Unsweetened Strawberry Apple Green Craft Iced Tea Flavored Matcha Bronze: Templar Food Products - Maine Matcha Blueberry Blitz Flavored Black Bronze: Tejava/Crystal Geyser Water Co. - Tejava Raspberry Black Tea Flavored Carbonated Bronze: Teavana - Teavana Sparkling Unsweetened Peach Nectarine Green Craft Iced Tea Flavored Cold Brew Bronze: Try MY T, Gourmet Iced Tea - Try MY T, Gourmet Iced Tea Flavored Herbal Silver: Tea North Ltd. - Blueberry Rodeo Sweetened White Bronze: teaRIOT - tea RIOT Hibiscus Glow Sweetened Black Bronze: Templar Food Products - Patagonia Cold Brewed Black Tea Sweetened Herbal Bronze: Tea Tea and Company - Lemon Ginger Tea Sweetened Carbonated Bronze: Teavana - Teavana Sparkling Blackberry Lime Green Craft Iced Tea "Congratulations to all of the winners of the Global Tea Championship Iced Tea Class evaluation," said Samantha Hammer, the World Tea Expo event director and World Tea brand leader at Informa Exhibitions, organizer of the Global Tea Championship. "You should all be proud of your high quality, medal-winning teas. We look forward to your continued success in the marketplace and seeing your teas at World Tea Expo next June." All of the recent winners will have the opportunity to showcase their winning teas at World Tea Expo 2019 in the "Winner's Tasting Circle" (if they are exhibiting or attending the show) - with a chance to win a People's Tea Choice Award. World Tea Expo takes place June 11 - 13, 2018 at the Las Vegas Convention Center (with a pre-conference program June 10). See http://worldteaexpo.com (#WTE18). Wilbur Curtis, a leading manufacturer of tea brewers and accessories, was the official equipment supplier and brewing host for the Global Tea Championship Iced Tea Class evaluation. Cirqua was the official water sponsor. For more information about the Global Tea Championship, visit http://www.teachampionship.com. The next Global Tea Championship, the 2018 Global Spring Hot (Loose Leaf) Tea evaluation, will be held Sept. 29-30, 2018 in Boulder, Colo. To inquire about entering a competition, e-mail info@teachampionship.com. |
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