Oregon Chai

Oregon Chai is an American beverage company based in Portland, Oregon. The company provides a line of chai beverage products, including a concentrate designed to make a hot, tea-based beverage prepared with steamed milk, vanilla, a sweetener (usually sugar or honey), and other spices.

Company
Heather Hewitt with chai

The company was co-founded in 1994 by Heather Howitt, Tedde McMillen, Carla Powell, Brian Ross and Lori Spencer, selling to local cafés. Sales in 1996 rose by 469%, and by 2000 sales were over $15 million, including export abroad to countries including Saudi Arabia.[1][2]

The company was purchased in 2004 by Kerry Group, a giant Irish food conglomerate. Its offices were moved to Waukesha, Wisconsin, in 2005.

References
  1. "Oregon Chai brews growth plan". Portland Business Journal. 31 March 1997.
  2. "Oregon Chai, Inc". referenceforbusiness.com. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
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