2 CALENDAR OF EVENTS NEWS

4 Russian Coffee & Tea Industry Event 2016: tight program and the new champions National TMCs 2016

 Aftertaste of the Tea Masters Cup:

6 Belarus

7 Russia

8 Latvia 

9 Ukraine

9 Czech Republic

10 Poland

11 Australia & New Zealand

11 Georgia

12 Italy

12 South Korea 

13 Jubilee SPIEF

14 Korea hosted the Tea Masters Cup International

ECONOMICS

22 Hot beverages in pods: global trends and the outlook for Russia

26 SIENCE NEWS HISTORY

28 One (tea) brick at a time: building the foundation of the Shvetsov family tea-trading business

HORECA

32 Coffee Champions on Russian Barista Days

INTERVIEW

38 Bryan Baptist: Tea as a way of life

40 ADVERTISER INDEX