Possibly worth mentioning here is our special offer: buy two and get a free Water Dragon loose-leaf steeper. And you can call it Peking Tea... we call it mo li hua cha: the Jasmine Dragon Pearl.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Peking Tea on NCIS Los Angeles
People keep asking us, "What's Peking Tea?" The script of the most recent episode of NCIS: Los Angeles included tea, and this time it was called Peking Tea. The tea they showed, of course, is actually Dragon Pearl Tea's jasmine pearl green tea, our most popular product.
Possibly worth mentioning here is our special offer: buy two and get a free Water Dragon loose-leaf steeper. And you can call it Peking Tea... we call it mo li hua cha: the Jasmine Dragon Pearl.
Possibly worth mentioning here is our special offer: buy two and get a free Water Dragon loose-leaf steeper. And you can call it Peking Tea... we call it mo li hua cha: the Jasmine Dragon Pearl.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Dragon Pearl Tea at Expo West Food Show
Expo Attendees Amazed by Super Natural Energy
Last weekend Dragon Pearl Tea attended Expo West, a.k.a. The Natural Products Expo, America's largest trade show.
Hundreds of people stopped by our booth to try samples of our organic green tea and our new Super Natural Energy antioxidant tea shot.
Thank you thank you, all you who provided generous compliments and awesome feedback on our new product.
Judah and Chris serve our new green tea beverage on our solid jade tea table.
Our Super Natural green tea shot is currently scheduled for release next month.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Dragon Pearl Tea Visits with Forbes Riley
Dave, Judah and Leon had the privilege of meeting Forbes Riley today, and serving tea. She fell in love with the Ti Kwan Yin oolong, of course, and we also served fresh Dragon Pearl Mao Feng Green tea.
We exchanged new product demos, too. Here's Forbes' cool new exerciser, the Spin Gym. It's an amazing muscle-toning string with weights... very easy to use and fun.
Judah and Dave show off the Spin Gym.
Leon Youngblood with Forbes
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Dragon Pearl Tea in Hollywood
Cast and crew members of NCIS Los Angeles dig the organic mountain tea! The producer decided to put it on the show's set, so watch for Dragon Pearl Tea in upcoming episodes.
On the show, Hetty serves tea, understanding the lifting and enlightening effects of tea as well as the pleasure.
Our big Thanks to Russell Dague, the NCIS Los Angeles Production Manager, for sending these photos of the set with Dragon Pearl.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Tea and Artificial Sweeteners
"Should I use artificial sweetener with my tea?"
Our recommendation is NO. In fact, we don't think artificial sweetener is ever a good idea.
Let's start by noting that high-quality tea is almost never sweetened. At least, most tea experts shun sugar. Sweetening tea masks the individual flavor and provides no enhancement to most tea drinkers.
Now let's talk about exceptions. To begin with, if you're used to drinking tea with sugar, that doesn't mean you won't enjoy it unsweetened. Most people we talk to who used to add sugar but now drink tea unsweetened prefer it without sugar and, in fact, dislike it with sugar.
Two notable exceptions: iced tea and black tea. Iced tea is typically sweetened, and though many people drink it without sugar, most like it sweetened to some degree. In this case we recommend sugar. Pure, organic cane sugar won't change the basic flavor like honey does, but honey is nice in some iced teas. (Honey does change the flavor and cover up subtle differences between teas.)
Black tea is traditionally served English style, with sugar and milk or half-and-half. In this case, honey is generally not the best sweetener because the hot tea changes the honey to a cooked flavor...which is fine if you're used to that. (Chinese people don't drink much black tea; most drink green or oolong, and many favor pu-erh.)
So why not artificial sweeteners? Aside from taste, artificial sweeteners are linked with all sorts of health and psychological problems. Ironically, one of the most common side effects is weight gain.
Aspartame (Nutrasweet, Equal) is now known to cause a number of serious health issues, even though it finally passed FDA approval following years of rejection. It passed because the newly-appointed FDA commissioner overruled the scientific panel. He then went to work for the company selling aspartame. (More)
Sucralose (Splenda) is becoming more popular since the toxicity of Nutrasweet is now well documented. But sucralose causes a myriad of problems and may be even worse. Many people complain of immediate negative reactions that include mood and behavioral changes and a list of ailments too long to note here. But you can Google it, and we recommend doing so before making a habit of any artificial sweetener.
Simply changing molecules around (Splenda uses bleach to alter sugar's chemistry, making it hundreds of times sweeter) has unpredictable and potentially disastrous results. Remember that carbon monoxide is just carbon and oxygen, but it's deadly.
[Learn about Tea Feng Shui]
Our recommendation is NO. In fact, we don't think artificial sweetener is ever a good idea.
Let's start by noting that high-quality tea is almost never sweetened. At least, most tea experts shun sugar. Sweetening tea masks the individual flavor and provides no enhancement to most tea drinkers.
Now let's talk about exceptions. To begin with, if you're used to drinking tea with sugar, that doesn't mean you won't enjoy it unsweetened. Most people we talk to who used to add sugar but now drink tea unsweetened prefer it without sugar and, in fact, dislike it with sugar.
Two notable exceptions: iced tea and black tea. Iced tea is typically sweetened, and though many people drink it without sugar, most like it sweetened to some degree. In this case we recommend sugar. Pure, organic cane sugar won't change the basic flavor like honey does, but honey is nice in some iced teas. (Honey does change the flavor and cover up subtle differences between teas.)
Black tea is traditionally served English style, with sugar and milk or half-and-half. In this case, honey is generally not the best sweetener because the hot tea changes the honey to a cooked flavor...which is fine if you're used to that. (Chinese people don't drink much black tea; most drink green or oolong, and many favor pu-erh.)
So why not artificial sweeteners? Aside from taste, artificial sweeteners are linked with all sorts of health and psychological problems. Ironically, one of the most common side effects is weight gain.
Aspartame (Nutrasweet, Equal) is now known to cause a number of serious health issues, even though it finally passed FDA approval following years of rejection. It passed because the newly-appointed FDA commissioner overruled the scientific panel. He then went to work for the company selling aspartame. (More)
Sucralose (Splenda) is becoming more popular since the toxicity of Nutrasweet is now well documented. But sucralose causes a myriad of problems and may be even worse. Many people complain of immediate negative reactions that include mood and behavioral changes and a list of ailments too long to note here. But you can Google it, and we recommend doing so before making a habit of any artificial sweetener.
Simply changing molecules around (Splenda uses bleach to alter sugar's chemistry, making it hundreds of times sweeter) has unpredictable and potentially disastrous results. Remember that carbon monoxide is just carbon and oxygen, but it's deadly.
[Learn about Tea Feng Shui]
Monday, November 9, 2009
Judah Serves Tea to Juanita Black
Here's a cool video... Judah went to Houston to serve fine organic tea to Juanita Black. He served green tea in the traditional way, and left her with a magic Hidden Dragon steeper cup!
Juanita attributes her long life to drinking green tea "for a very long time."
http://www.click2houston.com/video/21552970/index.html
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Still Drinking Tea at Age 105
Juanita Black celebrated her birthday last week, and we sent her some Dragon Pearl Tea. At 105 years old, Ms. Black attributes her longevity and health directly to drinking green tea.
The story of her birthday was picked up by CNN Headline News and seen around the world, as Ms. Black and her daughter Rovelle celebrated at their home in Houston, Texas.
The story of her birthday was picked up by CNN Headline News and seen around the world, as Ms. Black and her daughter Rovelle celebrated at their home in Houston, Texas.
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