A Taste of Morocco Here at Home
By Charla on Jun 7 Filed In Clayton Christopher, Sweet Consumers, Uncategorized 2 Comments
One of the best parts about being on the tea’m at Sweet Leaf HQ, is getting to hear from fans who take the time to tell us why they love a particular Sweet Leaf flavor. Sometimes it’s a simple note in our inbox, sometimes it’s a phone call to the hotline. And lately, we’ve even received some fan love via Tweets. Because these quotes make our day, we decided we ought to share a few here from time to time. Maybe it will make you smile, too.
One of the recent fan quotes we received was so on the money, I thought it would be a perfect way to kick-off our sharing the love fest.
“Ever since I went to Morocco, I have been trying to recreate the taste of their sweet mint tea. After trying your tea, I felt myself transported back to the rolling hills of the Sahara desert… You have no idea how refreshed and happy I felt, despite it being a hot Arizona day. You have done a great job with this tea. Thank you. ” — Claire, AZ
The truth is Claire, the idea for our Sweet Leaf Tea Mint & Honey WAS found while Clayton and David were on a bike tour through Morocco. I guess it’s true that inspiration can come from anywhere. Thank you for the extra reassurance that we nailed it. Yee-haw!
Ultra-Runner Finds Sweet Re-Leaf!
By Danny on May 24 Filed In Guest Blogger, Sweet Consumers 5 Comments
I am an ultra distance runner. Yes, I am one of those bona fide wackos that runs 100 miles at a time on rugged backcountry trails – for no other reason than…well… er, I need to figure that out.
Like most ultra runners, I have quite the addiction to the arsenal of modern sports nutrition products to get me through these races, which often require over 24 hours to finish. The stomach takes as much beating as the legs. Don’t believe me? Try downing over 60 sports gels, gallons of sugary electrolyte replacement drinks, a dozen bars, more gels, and throw in some bananas, salt tabs and maybe an occasional bite of pizza while you are reading this e-mail.
Ok – now my story. I’m about 60 miles into a race, it’s hot, legs not feeling great, stomach is not feeling great and I run out of my tried and true sports drink. I come hobbling into the next checkpoint and someone kindly offers me a bottle of … (insert blaring trumpet fanfare here) Sweet Leaf mint and honey….ice cold. If there was ever such thing as God in a bottle, that was it. I continued on for a top ten finish. (more trumpets)
So later that summer, another race, but this time I decided to have an occasional bottle of that magic iced tea waiting for me at the check point. That was 3 years ago. Sweat Leaf Mint Honey tea has now joined my arsenal at every race. Something about that green tea and honey, especially accompanied with the sound of ice cubes, is the ideal respite from all the harsh sports drinks and seems to keep the stomach where it belongs. A lot of other runners are aware of this fact now too.
So there you have it. And in case you are wondering, Honest Tea, Tazo, Sobe, Republic, Celestrial ….just ain’t the same.
My next race is June 12 – the San Diego 100 and I will be packing Sweet Leaf Tea. Come out and cheer me on!
Running and Thinking,
Roch Horton
Salt Lake City, UT
Sweet Leaf Mint and Honey Green Tea and Me
By Guest on Apr 28 Filed In Guest Blogger, Organic, Sweet Consumers Add a Comment
Post by Rebecca Allen-McChesney
What started off as a nice refresher to quench my constant pregnant thirst, by 35 weeks had become an obsession. Green tea does contain some caffeine so I couldn’t go overboard..all things in moderation and all, but this beverage became a main staple of my diet. I’d add sliced pixie tangerines and fresh mint, loads of ice and water or just lemon.
Often I’d pop open a bottle while doing my shopping, sharing most of it with my toddler, who now is a big fan by the way. I’ve tried fruit juice, diluting with limes, cold water..nothing would quench my thirst. You know how it is when you are pregnant and you get fixated on one thing. I was up to a two bottle a day habit at one point. I feared for my kids college funds. Would I ever recover from my addiction? Bottles started piling up in the backseat of the car. They’d rattle and clink around every corner. The closer I came to 40 weeks, the more intense the desire.
I finally delivered my little bundle of joy 5 weeks later and was kept in hospital for days far away from my beloved Sweet Leaf Mint & Honey Green Tea. Noo! My beloved husband was kind enough to bring me the odd bottle, and now that I’m home and on rest for several weeks, he still goes out to bring me my favorite liquid refreshment. You gotta get this stuff!!
We still laugh that our new little boy is at least 2% Sweet Leaf Tea.
Ivor Stewart McChesney
Mint & Honey. The Miracle Drink!
By Danny on Dec 21 Filed In Austin, Texas, Food & Beverage, Organic 2 Comments
Pssttt. Hey. Hey You. Have you heard about this amazing, tasty beverage called Mint & Honey Green Tea? HAVE YOU?
Well, if you have or haven’t, you are about to get an ear (or eye) full!
One of my favorite teas that we here at Sweet Leaf Tea make is our Mint & Honey Green Tea.
Beverage Specifications:
Flavor: Light green tea infused with spearmint.
Sweetener: As with all of our regular teas, we use pure organic cane sugar. This tea is also partially sweetened with organic honey. (This drives Winne the Pooh CRAZY!)
Tea Leaf: These tasty tea leaves come to us straight from central China.
Vitamins: This tea is PACKED with 100% Vitamin C. Great during the cold and flu season!
Antioxidants: Loaded with 90mg of EGCG, it has more antioxidants than any other bottled green tea on the market. NOW AIN’T THAT SOMETHING? EGCG is a chemical antioxidant in green tea. It has been connected with positive treatments of brain, prostate, cervical, and bladder cancers. It is also effective in preventing and destroying amyloids, which are involved in fatal brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, and Parkinson’s diseases. (see reference HERE)
After reading the facts and specs above, you may be asking yourself, “How can I consume this wonderful beverage?”
GREAT Question! SEE BELOW:
Ways to drink Sweet Leaf Tea’s Mint & Honey Green Tea
1. Out of a cold Glass Bottle/Plastic Bottle/Can!
2. Over ICE!
3. Mixed with some Tito’s Vodka!
4. WARM! Wait… Really? You could HEAT up something out of a b-o-t-t-l-e and DRINK it WARM! Yes. A little known fact about this drink warm….it’s delicious. Say you wake up and have a scratchy throat. Grab a bottle/can of Mint & Honey and pour it into a 8 oz mug. Place in the microwave for a minute and fifteen. Take out (be careful, contents may be HOT and fantastic). Enjoy! Once this miracle elixir is warm, it can be rather soothing (and charming). The heat releases the aromatic traits of the spearmint for a calming, smooth, uplifting experience sure to knock out your throat aliment in a FLASH!
So now that you know the facts, stories, and virtues of this great drink, feel pride when you run to your local Whole Foods to pick up a bottle (or 12 :] ).
Also, check me out on Twitter for Sweet Leaf Tea news, facts, and awesome events in the Austin and San Antonio area. @sweetleafdanny !
Mint & Honey to the Rescue!
By Guest on Oct 23 Filed In Activities, Food & Beverage Add a Comment
Guest blog post by, Lee Bender
Why I Skate:
June of 86, I turned 7 years old and received my first skateboard for my birthday. From that day on, I was hooked. After moving around a bit, I landed with some sort of roots to be planted, in Fort Wayne Indiana. I spent my high school years there, still skateboarding and leaving town every weekend with friends to “skate and destroy” the next towns over the horizon line.
After graduation, I was gone. Philadelphia one weekend, Santa Cruz the next. I started a life on the road, usually finding a place to stay for a month at a time with newly acquainted friends in whatever city, working at the local co-op grocery stores checking groceries. Fast forward a good 8 or 9 years of traveling all four corners of the country and more, skating everything I could, pinching pennies and dining on ramen when I needed. Me and a few close friends were making it happen. Then tragedy struck.
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes:
On my birth day in 2007, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. My entire vision of what I thought to be important shattered in a matter of 5 seconds as I caught my breath to realize how serious this might be. Some things needed to change and I really needed to step back and see what I had been doing to myself and what I needed to do to change for the better. The old adage “you are what you eat” came to mind and I quickly tried every other “diet” imaginable. Now being as active as I once was, I was by no way over weight. I had just lived out of gas stations for one millions miles and that can’t have been a good thing. At this point in 2007, I had been vegetarian for 12 or 13 years, so the diets I’m talking about were the “gluten free” diet, the “eat right for your blood type” diet and so on. Basically, I was left to eat flavorless cracker/wafer things and I was by no means happy with this. The diets eventually ended while all along, my girlfriend who still stands beside me through this was eagerly trying to get me to quit drinking sodas. I was one of those addicted Americans following blindly that 44 ounces of this stuff was okay as a daily ritual.
Why Sweet Leaf Tea:
Fast forward 18 months from then and I had started to gain a little weight. I’m 6 foot tall and when diagnosed, I weighed 175 pounds and in those 18 months, my metabolism had slowed a bit due to being basically inactive and I had gained nearly 20 pounds. Never in my life had I weighed over 185 pounds so this really shook me. In March of 09 I made the decision to quit all sodas and shortly after, I decided to quit drinking anything that contained high fructose corn syrup. Not being one to brew my own tea or really even a tea drinker, I was left with water and juices that are too costly for me. While I was doing pretty well on these new fluid restrictions, on my birthday, June of 09, while camping in northern Arizona with some friends, a drink was brought up in conversation. I had been telling some friends this or that about my intake and my friend Cindy had a Mint and Honey Sweet Leaf Green Tea. She had me try it and now it’s my new drink! It’s filled with all organic ingredients and real sugar instead of the chemical nightmare the government allows us to consume (high fructose corn syrup). It’s refreshing and readily available at most grocery markets and some corner stores. This is my real life testament to a product I have no ties to what so ever. I emailed sweet leaf to thank them for making a healthy alternative to the other teas and they asked me to write something about my life and choices as to why I drink Sweet Leaf Teas. So again, thank you April and everyone at Sweet Leaf Tea. You’re wonderful!
Note from SLT:
We did offer him a case of his fave, Mint & Honey along with a tea-shirt to do a guest blog for us. I was very interested in his reasoning for becoming a consumer and fan of Sweet Leaf Tea. We here at SLT have a team that rides in the MS 150 annually and are happy to keep riding for folks like Lee. Change can only come about for people living with multiple sclerosis if we keep charging forward. Lee, you are more of an inspiration than you know! Thank you for the post and writing from your heart Lee.-April Riggs
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