Then and Now: 125 Years of Tea and Coffee — and What Comes Next

Posted 3 September, 2026
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Coffee arriving at the Port of New Orleans via break bulk cargo. Image credit: Port NOLA

From its original office on the corner of Wall and Pearl Streets in Manhattan in 1901, close to where most green coffee and tea transactions transpired, to today with offices in New York and England, Tea & Coffee Trade Journal has recorded the history and evolution of both industries. In a special article celebrating the publication’s 125th anniversary, Aaron Kiel explores the coffee and tea industries’ growth, change and challenges since the magazine’s founding.

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