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QTrade Teas & Botanicals, one of the biggest tea blenders and packers in the United States, is relocating from Cerritos, California, to Houston, Texas, a port city on the Gulf of Mexico.
Construction of a state-of-the-art facility in Brookshire is underway, with a move-in date in September. The new facility will double the company’s temperature-controlled manufacturing space and warehouse up to seven million pounds of tea and botanicals. Expanded capabilities include automated packaging, tea and powder blending, micro-reduction capabilities, and expanded 3PL logistics services.
QTrade CEO Manjiv Jayakumar discusses the business and quality-of-life considerations that led to the move.
Manjiv was named QTrade’s chief executive officer in 2010, originally a trading company his father founded in his uncle’s garage in 1994. QTrade specializes in sourcing organic tea and botanicals and has grown to be one of the largest organic tea suppliers and contract manufacturers in North America. Manjiv is a Harvard graduate with a master's in public policy and a degree in foreign service from Georgetown University. Prior to joining QTrade, Manjiv worked with Goldman Sachs in New York and London.


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QTrade Teas & Botanicals, one of the biggest tea blenders and packers in the United States, is relocating from Cerritos, California, to Houston, Texas, a port city on the Gulf of Mexico.
Construction of a state-of-the-art facility in Brookshire is underway, with a move-in date in September. The new facility will double the company’s temperature-controlled manufacturing space and warehouse up to seven million pounds of tea and botanicals. Expanded capabilities include automated packaging, tea and powder blending, micro-reduction capabilities, and expanded 3PL logistics services.
QTrade CEO Manjiv Jayakumar joins us to discuss the business and quality-of-life considerations that led to the move.


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The Sri Lanka Standards Institutitution will host the International Standards Organization’s 34th/Plenary Meeting on Tea on July 23 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The one-day event will convene delegates from 18 nations. ISO is an independent federation of national standards bodies from more than 160 countries. It is a non-governmental organization that convenes experts to agree on the best way of doing things.
“From climate change and healthcare to quality management and artificial intelligence, our mission is to make lives easier, safer, and better – for everyone, everywhere,” writes ISO.
Dr. Keerthi Mohotti, Ph. D., SLSI National Mirror Committee Chair and ISO delegate, is joining us today as a correspondent and guest.
He says, “The one-day ISO Plenary Meeting on Tea is one of the few international meetings organized in Sri Lanka after the COVID-19 pandemic, and substantial business and international attractions and affiliations are expected.
This meeting is particularly significant as Sri Lanka fully adheres to and champions ISO’s tea standards. “The objectives are to showcase Sri Lankan capacity and commitment to adhere to ISO requirements on tea as the sole tea-producing country fully aligned with ISO standards,” said Mohotti.


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