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Our Featured Partner
Teatulia Tea is available at
The Himalayan Institute
Honesdale, PA
“A leader in the field of yoga, meditation, spirituality, and holistic health, the Himalayan Institute was founded by Swami Rama of the Himalayas. The mission of the Himalayan Institute is Swami Rama’s mission-to discover and embrace the sacred link-the spirit of human heritage that unites East and West, spirituality and science, and ancient wisdom and modern technology.” – www.himalayaninstitute.org
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Now Serving Teatulia
Teatulia is now available in these fine shops, cafes & restaurants across the US:
Airizona
SBS Teas
Colorado
Boulder Book Store
Caboodle
Fraiche Home
Fuel Cafe
Gaia Bistro
Organixx
Moon Dance Botanicals
Pome
Polkadot
Table 6
Tattered Cover
The Market
Whole Foods Belmar
Whole Foods Cherry Creek
Whole Foods Fort Collins
Whole Foods Boulder Pearl St
Whole Foods Superior
Whole Foods Tamarac
California
Atlas Cafe
Boudin Bakery
Berkeley Bowl
The City Bakery of California
Community Market Santa Rosa
Dynamo Donuts
Nature’s Whole Food
Salus per Aquam
Connecticut
Blue State Coffee
Idaho
Blackstreet Treasures
Kansas
Whole Foods Overland Park/Metcalf
Massachusetts
Michelle Willey, LLC
North Carolina
SBS Teas
Oregon
Alchmey Botanicals
Pennsylvania
Betty’s Tasty Buttons
The Himalayan Institute
Open House
Terrain at Styers
South Carolina
Garner’s Natural Life
Texas
Keria Teas
Washington
Blue Star Coffee Roaster
Care Gifting
Wisconsin
Botanical Indulgence
The Creamery Cafe & Inn
The Steaming Cup
Canada
Cally’s Teas – Edmonton, AL
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| In this issue of Leafy Business we’re excited to introduce a new feature: TEA 101. Each month TEA 101 will address various tea topics that are often misunderstood. Or, perhaps you’re new to tea and would like to learn some of the basics? Well we’ve got you covered!
Also in this issue: Real Men Drink Tea! Teatulia Tea is the perfect gift for any tea-loving man and with Fathers Day right around the corner, now is the time to take advantage of a terrific 10% discount.
Sincerely,
Linda & Brianne
Teatulia
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Real Men Drink Tea
I got nasty habits; I take tea at three
- Mick Jagger
Throughout history, great warriors, beloved artists, men of science and politicians (real men one and all) have been tea drinkers!
- First Recorded Tea Drinker
Chinese Emperor Shen Nung
It is said that the emperor liked his drinking water boiled so it would be clean. One day, on a trip to a distant region, he and his army stopped to rest. A servant boiled water for him to drink, and a tea leaf from a wild tea bush fell into the water, turning it a brownish color. The emperor drank it and found it very refreshing.
Cha (tea) was born (2737 BC).
- Defined Tea Drinker
Samuel Johnson, Lexicographer (1709-1784)
Reportedly Drank 40 cups a day.
- Prime Tea Drinker
Wm Gladstone, Prime Minister UK (1868-1894)
Filled his hot water bottle with tea so he could have a cup or three during the night without having to get out of bed.
- Scientific Tea Drinker
Albert Einstein, Scientist (1879-1955)
Put forth the Tea Leaf Paradox in 1926 which is now being applied to a new technique for separating red blood cells from plasma and to help understand atmospheric pressure systems.
- Charitable Tea Drinker
Nelson Mandela, Pres South Africa (1918-)
An afternoon tea with Nelson Mandela was auctioned on ebay in 2007 to raise money for MasterCard’s Priceless Moments. Proceeds benefited various African children’s charities.
- Half Tea Lover
Arnold Palmer, Pro Golfer (1929-)
Invented the Arnold Palmer (1/2 tea + 1/2 lemonade) at our very own Cherry Hills Country Club in Englewood, CO.
- Presidential Tea Drinker
Barack Obama, US President (1961-)
President Obama was spotted drinking tea throughout his 2008 Presidential Campaign.
- Fatherly Tea Drinker (1949-)
Tom Covel, Father of Brianne Covel @ Teatulia, Blacksmith, Biker, Retired Train Conductor, Real Man…
Has never gone a day without a cup of loose leaf black tea. In fact, his tea mug and spoon have permanent resin stains from 8000+ cups of tea over the course of Brianne’s lifetime.
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TEA 101
Linda Appel Lipsius
Teatulia COO
What is Single-Garden-Direct Sustainable Tea Anyway?
 At Teatulia, we boast about our single-garden-direct sustainable tea. When we do this, we’re often met with blank stares from people who don’t know what the heck we are talking about. What do all of those words mean?
I’d like to take this opportunity to explain clearly, concisely and simply, what single-garden-direct sustainable tea is and why you, our honored tea drinker, should care.
GARDEN: The place where tea is grown is called a tea garden. It could also be called a farm, a plantation or an estate. Tea gardens are not small backyard gardens like you’ve got at your home, but large-scale plots of land dedicated to producing industrial-sized harvests of tea that can range from one acre to thousands.
What does this mean to you?
You now know what a Tea Garden is. ☺
SINGLE-GARDEN: Most branded teas available on your supermarket shelves are blends of teas from a multitude of tea gardens, blended to taste. Teatulia Tea hails from our single garden in Northern Bangladesh’s Tetulia region.
What does this mean to you?
Accountability, transparency, purity.
GARDEN-DIRECT: Teatulia Tea leaves are plucked (not picked, plucked), made into black, green or white tea and shipped directly to the US where they are packaged and made available to you, our humble tea connoisseur. Unlike most teas on the market that are sent to brokers, sit in warehouses and spend a lot of time in big dark tea chests before finding their way to your tea cup, Teatulia Teas’ journey is much much shorter.
What does this mean to you?
Teatulia Teas are some of the freshest on the market.
SUSTAINABLE: Sustainability is a concept that means different things to different people. At Teatulia, we use a definition of sustainability introduced in 1989 by the World Commission on Environment & Development: “[to meet] the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
In practice, at Teatulia, this means:
a) The use of farming practices that not only do no harm to the environment, but actually help it flourish as evidenced by the total regeneration of the
ecosystem at our garden, and;
b) Employment of social practices that empower all of the people working in our garden and our community at large while giving them tools to better their lives such as the Teatulia Cooperative (cattle-lending program and farming program), health and education programs and the appointment of women managers in the garden.
What does this mean to you?
You have the knowledge to support a business that is truly giving back to the land and the people while producing exceptional teas.
We are doing things differently at Teatulia and we want you to understand why.
If you have any questions or wish to know more, please email me at Linda@teatulia.com or follow me on Twitter I’d love to hear from you! @TeatuliaLinda
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Notes From the Garden
Dr. Kazi Anis Ahmed
Teatulia CEO
Here is a first-hand look at the Teatulia Tea Garden as we overcome challenges and enjoy good relationships with surrounding villages.
“This was my first trip to Teatulia this season – which is off to a slightly tough start. The whole country is experiencing severe drought. Gardens in Sylhet – in the East, where the majority of them are located – are also burning, and expecting severe crop shortfall. In Panchagarh, up North where we are, we have had only two rains in the last six months, when at least a couple of showers a month is common. So, our first flush is delayed and the trees are under some strain. While we don’t normally practice any irrigation, under this severe circumstance, we have had no choice but to do a little bit of it, especially for the younger plants.
On the bright side, despite the severity of the weather, the Teatulia team is proving hardy and optimistic as ever. I was particularly impressed with the quality of mulching in various divisions. We have thick layers of straw and other green matters covering the earth in four out of almost a dozen divisions that I was able to visit on this trip. Clearly, our people have been putting in a lot of work. This mulch is giving us much needed protection in this dry period.
Also, in the past we had some problems with the mulch, as some local villagers were tempted at times to take it away for their use. The fact that we are able to keep more of it on the ground now is a sign of improving relations with the community. They are learning to respect the needs of the garden, while we continue to attend to their needs through the cooperative, which is expanding steadily.
I am planning to head back again in a month or so. If we have even a modicum of the expected rainfall in the interim, the sections should be flush with new leaves.”
You can also follow Teatulia Bangladesh on Twitter for real time updates about our tea garden. @TeatuliaBD
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