The Tea Spot scoops innovation research grant worth $460,000
The Tea Spot, a specialty tea company, was recently awarded a $460,000 Small Business Innovation Research Grant by the US Department of Agriculture for market research on Brewlux, a patent pending tea filter. The grant is for marketing research in support of the commercialization of compostable bioplastic tea filters for making loose leaf tea to-go in mass-foodservice. Brewlux is made of a compostable resin made of US corn. Research will be headed by company employees and a team from the Marketing Department at the University of Colorado. A prototype of this product was awarded 'Best Innovation' at the 2010 World Tea Expo in Las Vegas.