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Indi Khanna

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  • Facilitating the exchange of best practices among growers, traders, and researchers.
  • Mechanical expertise in mechanization, equipment selection and maintenance and field and factory operations.
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With an industry experience and a tea knowledge base of five decades and counting, I literally live and breathe Tea.

Starting my career in 1975 as an Assistant Superintendent with Malayalam Plantations Ltd, rolling up my sleeves by 'dirtying' my hands at the grassroots level and having literally 'grown' in the business, my experiences have matured me into a ‘one of a kind’ unique entity in the industry.

My journey in this industry which started from the tea nursery, has run the whole gamut, stretching all the way up to the consumer shelf and international trade, is in many ways quite exceptional. Regularly roaming the tea world, delving into the most remote areas wherever tea is grown or consumed, constantly interacting with Tea folk, I have continuously been learning and innovating. The invaluable experiences along this very interesting route have culminated into a unique new venture, a one-of-a-kind specialty tea manufacturing facility unit in the Nilgiris - www.teastudio.info at the end of which, most thankfully, this very interesting Tea journey continues as an ongoing learning experience.

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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.