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Nigel Melican

President of the European Speciality Tea Association & CEO of Teacraft Technical Services

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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.
  • Mechanical expertise in mechanization, equipment selection and maintenance and field and factory operations.
Examples of collaborations2025-TCL-Capability.pdf

Forty-five years as a tea consultant helping clients to grow their tea better and process their tea smarter has only honed my enthusiasm for discovering more about the fascinating Camellia sinensis plant and its thousands of processed variants. It's the realization that the more I find out the more there is to know that sustains my interest - that and the fact that the tea industry has within it a network of very wonderful people.

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.