Sessions and fees
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How a Tea Product Gets Made
Custom quote
For entrepreneurs and business owners, CEOs and senior executives, and executive peer groups.
A talk with time for questions. I go through products I've developed at DAVIDsTEA and with BDH clients, and what went right or wrong with suppliers, co-packers, and product briefs. Bring questions about your own products.
- What you're paying for in a supplier quote, from volume pricing to supply stability and deferred costs
- What you need from a co-packer or tea blender to make an informed decision
- How to write an effective beverage product brief
Session details and terms
Promotion: Optional invitation, only if you agree. BDH Consultants: A closing slide with my contact details and a link to BDH Consultants. About one minute at the end. Required purchases: None. Attendee follow-up: Only with attendees who choose to hear from Billy. One email through the organizer, with links to free resources on my website for anyone who wants them.
Blend Your Own Tea
Custom quote
For executive peer groups, spouses and partners, and general corporate audiences.
A hands-on session of at least two hours. Each table gets base teas, botanicals, and flavorings, supplied at no extra cost by a sponsoring tea company, and I walk the group through how I developed blends at DAVIDsTEA. Everyone tastes, adjusts, and leaves with a blend of their own.
- A tea blend they made themselves, packed to take home
- How to taste tea for aroma, body, and finish
- How to balance a base tea with botanicals and flavorings
Session details and terms
Promotion: None proposed. Required purchases: A room with kettles for hot water, tables for small groups, and a washing station if possible. No cost to the organizer for materials, since all teas and blending ingredients are supplied by a sponsoring tea company. Attendee follow-up: Only with attendees who choose to hear from Billy. One email through the organizer, with links to free resources on my website for anyone who wants them.
Steeped in Myth: Everything You Think You Know About Tea Is Wrong
Custom quote
For executive peer groups, spouses and partners, and general corporate audiences.
A talk for curious audiences, with a tasting if the venue allows. I take three things most people believe about tea and show what's true, using what I've seen inside the industry.
- What tea is, and why most herbal teas aren't tea
- Why a teabag and loose leaf can come off the same production line
- Why the caffeine ranking of black, green, and white tea doesn't hold up
Session details and terms
Promotion: None proposed. Required purchases: None. Attendee follow-up: Only with attendees who choose to hear from Billy. One email through the organizer, with links to free resources on my website for anyone who wants them.
About Billy
I've worked in tea for about twenty years. I started at fifteen, graduated from the Specialty Tea Institute at seventeen, and later taught there. I spent close to a decade running R&D and sourcing at DAVIDsTEA, and I wrote Spill the Tea, a book on blended and flavored teas. Today I run BDH Consultants with my business partner Don Ho. We help tea and beverage companies with sourcing and product development, mostly the unglamorous parts like supplier vetting and co-packer briefs. I also write Steep Insights, a newsletter about the tea business.
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