“悬崖”边的美国茶叶经济

Over the Cliff

随着世界经济在第二季度的悬崖式弹跳,几乎没有茶叶企业能够安稳落地。几家备受瞩目的茶叶零售商相继关闭,包括小型独立企业,位于马萨诸塞州的具有10年历史的"Wenham茶"和位于阿拉巴马州伯明翰开业27年的"Lucy的咖啡与茶"。Samovar茶室在旧金山的三个店铺也是"休息"状态,具体期限未定。"浮山茶馆"将从纽约上西区迁至哈德逊河畔克罗顿北部。

Few tea ventures deployed parachutes capable of breaking the fall as the world’s economies catapulted over the second quarter cliff.The result is closure of several high-profile tea retailers including small independents including 10-year-old Wenham Tea House in Massachusetts and 27-year-old Lucy’s Coffee&Tea in Birmingham,Ala.The Samovar Tea Lounge’s three San Francisco locations are“hibernating”for an unspecified time and the Floating Mountain Tea House will relocate from New York’s upper west side to Croton-on-Hudson upstate.