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1. Bats, Gloves, and Growing Trees — April Has It All 2. Secrets to Smart Business Innovation 3. Naval Combat Inside the Roman Colosseum? 4. A Real Boston Tea Party
Inside a One-Man Hospitality Overhaul THE TEA TITAN
New England has had a peculiar history with tea.
In 1773, protesters disguised as Mohawk Indians descended upon Boston Harbor and threw 342 chests of tea into the water to protest its high taxation rate. This event became known as the Boston Tea Party — an ironic name, considering that tea aficionados surely wouldn’t consider such a massive waste of their beloved elixir a good time. Fortunately, modern-day tea lovers in Beantown and beyond can enjoy a real party thanks to the intrepid minds behind MEM Tea Imports in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From Investment Pro to Innovator Have you ever had one of those moments at work when you stop what you’re doing and realize it’s time for a change? That’s exactly what happened one day to Gilbert Tsang, a 1999 graduate of Boston University, while working at an investment company. Did he immediately start looking for an opportunity to work for someone else? Not at all! Instead, he held his nose and jumped into uncharted waters by launching a café in Boston’s hip and highly competitive Brighton neighborhood. As the business grew, Tsang expanded beyond coffee and began offering teas from Massachusetts-based MEM Tea Imports. The products were such a hit that Tsang — already enamored with the world of tea — bought the company in 2009.
Integrity and Tea Leaves Tsang’s purchase of MEM was more than a simple acquisition of a popular and successful company — it was an investment in an entity fiercely devoted to preserving the culture of tea itself. MEM was the brainchild of tea industry icon Mark Eli Mooradian, a man whose passion for the drink is akin to a writer’s appreciation for the subjects of their love sonnets.
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