Time for an Organic Gift Basket Tea Party

January is the time many of us make new resolutions to improve our personal practices to enhance our health and quality of our lives. One of the often chosen paths is to shift from a morning cup of coffee to a cup of tea.

I personally enjoy both and think that there is ample evidence to support the inclusion of both coffee and tea in a health conscious lifestyle. Of great significance is the quality of the coffee bean and tea leaf. This month we are featuring Teatulia teas as we bring the healthful benefits of tea to your awareness as you select from our wonderful gift selections.

Teatulia is garnering recognition as a leader in pure, “single-garden direct” tea, bringing the freshest, premium quality whole leaf tea grown without the use of toxic, synthetic pesticides and fertilizers at a better price to organic consumers and discerning tea drinkers everywhere.

As the co-founder and CEO of Teatulia, Linda Appel Lipsius has pointed out too often, tea is treated as a commodity, controlled by a small handful of multinational tea packers and brokers, sometimes taking two years or more by the time it is harvested, stored at auctioneers warehouses, blended and packed before making it to store shelves. As a small producer, Teatulia imports its tea fresh and direct to the US, taking only a fraction of the time commodity teas take to reach the store shelf. That means all the beneficial nutrients in the tea leaves are still vibrant and available to support our health.

Teatulia also is pioneering the establishment of Bangladesh as a leading producer of sustainably harvested, premium tea. Its tea garden is the first certified organic tea garden in Bangladesh. Working with the community in the Tetulia Upazila region—Teatulia’s namesake—sales of Teatulia products help support education and community development in Bangladesh. Through its commitment to people and sustainability in the region, Teatulia has helped to significantly restore the eco-system, create jobs, and serve the local community by establishing women’s cattle lending programs, building new school libraries and adult literacy programs, and improving access to health care.

For your next tea party moment with friends, share the goodness of Teatulia tea in a gift. You are sharing the goodness of 100% organic teas that are also supporting an artisan tea company that is improving lives and the environment. The delight of these teas speak to the quality of this laudable effort to bring premium, healthy teas to you and me. We like all the goodness that Teatulia represents and are proud to partner with them to bring the best to you and your gift giving.