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June Zhu

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  • Educating consumers about tea's cultural significance, health benefits, traditions, history.
  • Facilitating the exchange of best practices among growers, traders, and researchers.
  • Marketing, brand building, practical experience in retail and wholesale, import and export and logistics.

What draws me most to tea isn't just the flavor in the cup—it’s the people behind it, and the connections it creates across borders.

Our brand flowinversetea slogan is "you choose tea, let it flow back to you. " That’s the kind of work I hope to contribute to—not just moving tea, but moving people through it.

As someone building both a tea brand and a life in the mountains of Enshi, China, I’ve come to realize that tea is a relationship-driven world. In a time when global trade feels increasingly fragile, I believe the future of tea depends on community-minded bridge-builders—what here call “superconnectors.” These are the people who not only understand the value of social capital, but use it to bring growers, makers, and drinkers into one shared conversation.

My comments on the most critical threats/opportunities facing the tea industry globally.

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Dan is an editor and publisher, a podcaster, blogger, and beverage retail consultant. He is a frequent speaker at industry seminars and conferences (virtual and in-person). Dan was the first editor and publisher at World Tea News and has worked as editor and publisher of Tea Magazine and managing editor of STiR coffee and tea. His work appears online and in many magazines. In 2016 he organized the collaborative group of tea journalists and experts who founded Tea Journey magazine and in 2021 launched the Tea Biz podcast. He began his publications career in 1974 as a newspaper reporter.