CONTENT
2 Calendar of events
NEWS
4 3rd Tea Masters Cup International determined the winners of 2016-2017 cycle
6 When Tea Masters Cup becomes your winning cup of tea
8 COFFEE&TEA RUSSIAN EXPO 2018 NEWS
10 TMC Vietnam chose the winners
11 UAE National Tea Masters Cup to debut at Dubai International Coffee & Tea festival
12 PR-NEWS
REVIEW & STATISTICS
14 The Global Coffee Pods Market in 2017: The End of an Era?
16 Brewing up the future: ready to drink coffee in 2017
17 Ranked: top 15 tea-drinking countries
18 Some words about professional profile of a specialist working in the consumer tea sphere
SCIENCE NEWS
22 The quality of coffee: a Never-Ending Research
24 170 years of Georgian tea: what’s good today?
HORECA
NEWS
26 World Barista Champion 2017: “I’m not sure my approach is the best way for everyone”
MONITOR
30 Tea culture and the experience of amateur combinatorics 32 Shanghai Coffee notes
INTERVIEW
34 Tea & Trouble maker: Kevin Gascoyne on the North American tea market and more
37 Traces on the tea road, printed in the book
40 ADVERTISER INDEX