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The Specialty Tea Institute would like to Thank all of our Sponsors for their support in STI and the STI Certification Program, offered at the World Tea Expo 2005, Las Vegas!

Sponsors

• Box Luncheon Sponsor •

Henry P. Thomson Inc. – Mendham, NJ
Mrs. Kelly’s Tea – Minneapolis, MN

• Tea Breaks •

Barnes & Watson Fine Teas – Seattle, WA
Mighty Leaf Tea Company – San Raphael, CA

• Brewing Equipment •

BUNN Corporation – Denton, TX

• Water Supplier Sponsor •

Cirqua Customized Water – Camarillo, CA

• Writing Tablet Sponsor •

Fresh Cup Magazine – Portland, OR

• Gift Bags •

Globe Trends - Chatham, NJ
Lindsay’s Teas – San Francisco, CA
Revolution Tea – Phoenix, AZ
Serendipitea - Long Island City, NY

• Binder Sponsors •

Carnelian Rose Tea - Vancouver, WA
Cirqua Customized Water - Camarillo, CA
Eastrise Trading – Benicia, CA
International Tea Importers – Pico Rivera, CA
Kentea Limited – New Rochelle, NY
Metropolitan Tea Company - Toronto, Canada
Plantextrakt Inc. – Jersey City, NJ
Trish’s Teas - Orlando, FL

Major Sponsor Profiles


Henry P. Thomson Inc.
Established in 1912, Henry P. Thomson, Inc. is one of the oldest and largest tea importers currently operating in the United States. Our headquarters are located in New Jersey, but we maintain purchasing offices in Hefei, China and Obera, Argentina. For those origins where we do not maintain our own offices, we either correspond directly with the producers or have an exclusive relationship with an exporting agent. While many of our clients prefer to purchase container load quantities delivered directly to their facilities, we also maintain sizable inventories at public warehouses in New Orleans, LA, Elizabeth, NJ and Rotterdam, Netherlands. This allows for smaller deliveries and also enables us to guarantee product quality and availability for our larger customers. If your firm is currently buying tea, or is planning to do so in the future, you could have no partner better able to help you establish and maintain quality parameters, secure a consistent source of supply and provide for timely delivery of your product.
 
Contact us at mail@hpthomson.com

 

 
Mrs. Kelly blends and packages your order when it is received making it the freshest and most flavorful Tea in the world. Since 1992 Mindy Kelly has offered her extensive line of exclusive award winning hand blended teas and herbal infusions at the Minneapolis Farmer's Market, the largest “green” market in the Midwest. Slowly but surely, one ounce at a time, she introduced a loose leaf tea that she describes as "hand harvested, hand blended, hand scented and taste tested to perfection." The premium fresh ingredients are sourced from 5 countries including the USA. Since every order is blended fresh when received we specialize in developing custom and signature blends in addition to our currently offered 300 varieties. Tea is shipped daily via Fed Ex ground so you will receive most orders within 1 week. You can purchase as little as 8 ounces to hundreds of pounds at a time depending on your current needs. Each customer is important to us and we want you to thrive. Call us and see if we can help facilitate your success.
 
Contact us: 763-788-8753 or mindy@mrskellystea.com

 

 
The BUNN Corporation is a leader in the beverage equipment industry with high quality, innovative products. Headquartered in Springfield, Illinois, BUNN sells its retail and commercial beverage equipment through distributors worldwide. BUNN has plants and warehouses in Illinois, Iowa, the New York metro area, and California, as well as in Canada.
 
Innovations
BUNN has contributed the following innovations to the beverage equipment industry over the past 40years:
 
1957............First flat bottom fluted paper coffee filter
1963............First pourover coffee brewer
1972............First commercial quality home drip coffee brewer
1978............First commercial iced tea brewer
1988............First precise temperature water system
1990............First grinder/brewer interface
1993............First electronic microprocessor control with Pulse-Brew™
1997............First Soft Heat® coffee serving system
1997............First electronic sensored frozen drink system
2000............First SplashGard®funnel
2001............First BrewWISE® /Smart Funnel® brewing system
2002............First reversing auger frozen drink system

Products
BUNN's high quality products include the following: Home and Commercial Coffee Brewers including the new My Cafe pod brewer for coffee and tea Ice Tea and Ice Coffee Brewers, Coffee Grinders, Specialty Drink Equipment including hot powdered, frozen drinks and juice. Precise Temperature Water Systems, Water Quality Systems and Home and Commercial Coffee Filters, Accessories, and Parts

Customer services
Exceptional customer service and support is synonymous with the BUNN name. Special services include beverage program consulting, service management programs and training programs (including asset tracking), make-to-order customer specified equipment (includes special labeling and equipment identification)

Internet services
A variety of customer services are available at www.bunnomatic.com including marketing and service materials, service agent locator, complete product descriptions, beverage profit calculators, and retail product distributor information. On-line service help and ordering is also available to a growing number of customers.


 
Cirqua Customized Water is the US market leader in water treatment equipment and service for the tea, coffee and specialty beverage industries. We improve our customer’s products by specializing in the custom formulation of the 98.5% of a beverage that is normally ignored….the water. Cirqua is dedicated to the belief that one size or treatment technique does not fit all, and the only way to reliably address the individual user’s needs is by designing, manufacturing, applying and maintaining properly customized approaches. Simply put, we provide water as a brand-enhancing ingredient of a beverage, not as an uncontrolled dilutent. And, we do this in a manner that’s transparent to the consumer.
 
Contact Info: 1-800-350-9283 or www.cirqua.com