Austin Hodge
- http://www.sevencups.com
- Seven Cups Founder Austin Hodge is an entrepreneur with a focus on small international business development, dedicated to creative, sustainable, long-term business modeling. Austin is also a tea enthusiast and a Chinese tea student. Knowledgeable about import / export and international business with a focus on China, Austin is a Chinese government liaison with experience in e-commerce, retail / wholesale, and databases. In fact, Austin is many things to many people, including, but not limited to, Chongqing husband, father, grandfather, brother, perpetual student, geek, photographer, writer, blogger, blues musician, and food lover. Austin was the first American to be published in the Chinese International Tea Culture Institute's Journal; his paper there was republished in tea trade magazines across China. Also the Honorary Director of the Chinese International Tea Culture Institute, Austin has received the Global Puer Top Ten Outstanding Persons of China Award. Austin's company - Seven Cups - was the first American company to be granted a Chinese Trading License.
Posts
| Tea pesticides and the sustainable future | 21 May 2013 |
| The mysteries of Chinese tea | 26 Mar 2013 |
| Transparency in the tea industry | 18 Jan 2013 |
| Starbucks will bring better quality to the tea market | 21 Dec 2012 |
| Fair trade tea in China | 27 Oct 2011 |
| China, Dubai, and Lipton Yellow Label | 25 Aug 2011 |
| Leadership in the specialty tea industry | 28 Jul 2011 |
| Does all tea really come from the same plant? | 20 May 2011 |