Thanks guys for your responses! I’m fascinated with the many different aspects of tea business reflected by your comments! 😀

@mbanu, I didn’t know the “cloudy when cold” is seen as negative in certain […]

@Xavier, that’s very interesting analysis and well illustrates how small businesses can manage to offer better deals than large companies.

On the other hand, I think large companies have the power to carry some […]

Hi guys, thank you for the responses! There is a lot to digest and think about, so I may have more to comment later. Here are a few things I currently think of:

I agree with @yaya that it’s quite difficult to […]

I think there is great potential behind the idea Peter proposed. And I think eventually, trust is a big issue. For example, alibaba.com is a wholesale/supplier website for Chinese suppliers to sell to the world. […]

Alex Zorach said:
Hmm…my experience has been that whether or not I feel intimidated by someone depends not so much on how much they know, but rather, small details of how they communicate.

I think a […]

Some years later (and just a couple of years ago) I realized that the business end of things were taking over, and I was no longer this “creative person who could do that” … instead, I was running a business with no real desire to do all the stuff I had to do (ie: paperwork, marketing, etc), and I wanted to get back to the creative perso…

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“Do you ever feel that those who have more tea knowledge than you ignore you? Or would ignore you, if you did have your say? ”

In my observation, among online tea forums, some are definitely much more […]

Oh I love this title 😀

I think it’s ok if the supermarket products are of decent quality but don’t have as good quality/price ratio as the ethnic store. For example, I would be happy if the supermarket 10 min. away from me could carry […]

I don’t know much about business, so there might be some misunderstanding when I read it. But here are what I think:

* I think your professor’s comments are good!

* I like the idea very much, and I think […]

I also want to add that these descriptions are used because these were familiar to people in traditional society. Most Chinese cooking styles for fish and shrimp don’t remove the head. So the sizes of their eyes […]

I have this book too, and have read part of it. I love it! I have this one and a few other Korean books in English. Their contents are interesting and printing quality is amazing!

I would love to visit tea houses in Morocco and Iran!

I think what a company does largely depends on who are their target customers. Teavana’s target customers are not “serious tea drinkers” (I believe you know what I mean), and that’s probably why I’ve seen a lot of […]

I have to thank Jackie for guiding me on using twitter :DI hesitated for a long time about using twitter, because I had no clue how to use it – I mean, what am I suppose to announce to the world every day?! […]