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Charles Cain

Charles is an entrepreneurial executive with extensive business development experience and a unique perspective on the U.S. Tea Industry. Since 2004, Charles has opened and tested four different retail models (two approaches to traditional tea retail, a tea café, and a tea restaurant), launched a tea-based E-Commerce site, built an international wholesale program, and developed a tea shop-franchising operation. Today Charles is leading Adagio Teas' expansion into Tea Retail and advising on the company’s E-Commerce and international wholesale operations. Adagio Teas operates the most popular tea website in the U.S. and manufactures a custom line of packaged loose tea, bagged tea, ready-to-drink iced tea, and teaware products.

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