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Yogi Tea

2008-03-24T19:28:54Z

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[[Image:Yogi Tea1.JPG|thumb|Yogi Tea]]
'''Yogi Tea''' is the name of a range of [[herbal tea]]s manufactured by the [[Golden Temple Company]] in [[Eugene, Oregon]], [[United States]]. The recipes use [[cardamom|cardamom seed]], [[cinnamon|cinnamon bark]], [[clove|clove bud]], [[ginger root]] and [[black pepper]] as the basic ingredients, and the packaging informs that the recipes were formulated along the principles of [[ayurvedic medicine]].

==History==
The Yogi Tea Company was founded in 1982 as an outgrowth of the Golden Temple Vegetarian Restaurant in West Hollywood, California. Yogi Tea was founded by Ranbir Singh Bhai, Owner of Golden Temple Restaurant in W.Hollywood, California who is a son of Yogi Bhajan and his partners Guru Simiran Singh Khalsa and Sadasat Singh Khalsa ( former students of Yogi Bhajan). Their total investment was $185. The company reached over 1 million dollar sale with in 5 years. Restaurant would prepare a blend of tea containing cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, ginger and black pepper (the basic ingredients found in [[chai]] a popular south-Asian tea) which the Bhajan's yoga students and Restaurant devotees dubbed “Yogi tea”. The tea was so popular at Golden Temple Vegetarian Restaurant that they started packaging it.

In 1987, Ranbir singh Bhai and his partners donated Yogi tea Company stocks for life time employment guarantee by Yogi Bhajan to Sikh Dharama, a Non Profit, Yogi Bhajan founded in New Mexico. Two of the partner were forced out from the Yogi Bhajan's company and his religious organization.

Over time the company introduced new blends and lines, such as Healing Formula teas in 1991. Also in 1991, the company started making its teas from organic ingredients. The company eventually expanded from [[herbal tea]]s to include blends of [[black tea|black]] and [[green tea|green]] teas, too.

Since 2000, the boxes have featured illustrations by Seva Kaur. The illustrations are based on a devotional poem or prayer found on the inside of the box. The illustrations found on the Chai, Woman's, and Exotic Teas, are done by Latvian artist Anita Kreituse. The boxes use vegetable based inks and dyes, and non-irradiated recycled carton materials.

In 2000, U.S. publication [http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/24/19/whittelsey2419.html In These Times] tested several brands of organic tea for pesticides, and found Yogi Tea to contain [[DDT]].

==Product==

The company produces over 50 blends of tea. These include 22 blends in their Healing Formulas line, 11 green teas, 9 exotic teas, 5 Women’s Healing Formulas, 3 organic chais, and 2 black teas. All the blends contain organic ingredients, but due to a lack of availability for some organic ingredients not all blends are entirely organic. The blends that are 95% organic have the USDA [[Organic certification|organic seal]]. Yogi Botanicals, who has a prohibition on [[Genetically modified organism|GMO]]s, organizes the growing and distribution of the organic herbs and spices required for the teas and [[Quality Assurance International]] acts as a third party certifier. The tea bags are 100% oxygen bleached and recyclable.

Today Yogi Tea has sales of over 40 million dollars annually.

==External links==
*[http://www.yogitea.com/ The Yogi Tea Company]
*[http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/24/19/whittelsey2419.html What's In Your Green Tea? (article)]

[[Category:Tea brands]]
[[Category:Companies based in Eugene, Oregon]]

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Yogi Tea

2008-03-24T19:27:59Z

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[[Image:Yogi Tea1.JPG|thumb|Yogi Tea]]
'''Yogi Tea''' is the name of a range of [[herbal tea]]s manufactured by the [[Golden Temple Company]] in [[Eugene, Oregon]], [[United States]]. The recipes use [[cardamom|cardamom seed]], [[cinnamon|cinnamon bark]], [[clove|clove bud]], [[ginger root]] and [[black pepper]] as the basic ingredients, and the packaging informs that the recipes were formulated along the principles of [[ayurvedic medicine]].

==History==
The Yogi Tea Company was founded in 1982 as an outgrowth of the Golden Temple Vegetarian Restaurant in West Hollywood, California. Yogi Tea was founded by Ranbir Singh Bhai, Owner of Golden Temple Restaurant in W.Hollywood, California who is a son of Yogi Bhajan and his partners Guru Simiran Singh Khalsa and Sadasat Singh Khalsa ( former students of Yogi Bhajan). Their total investment was $185. The company reached over 1 million dollar sale with in 5 years. Restaurant would prepare a blend of tea containing cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, ginger and black pepper (the basic ingredients found in [[chai]] a popular south-Asian tea) which the Bhajan's yoga students and Restaurant devotees dubbed “Yogi tea”. The tea was so popular at Golden Temple Vegetarian Restaurant that they started packaging it.

In 1987, Ranbir singh Bhai and his partners donated Yogi tea Company stocks for life time employment guarantee by Yogi Bhajan to Sikh Dharama, a Non Profit, Yogi Bhajan founded in New Mexico. Two of the partner were forced out from the Yogi Bhajan's company and his religious organization.

Over time the company introduced new blends and lines, such as Healing Formula teas in 1991. Also in 1991, the company started making its teas from organic ingredients. The company eventually expanded from [[herbal tea]]s to include blends of [[black tea|black]] and [[green tea|green]] teas, too.

Since 2000, the boxes have featured illustrations by Seva Kaur. The illustrations are based on a devotional poem or prayer found on the inside of the box. The illustrations found on the Chai, Woman's, and Exotic Teas, are done by Latvian artist Anita Kreituse. The boxes use vegetable based inks and dyes, and non-irradiated recycled carton materials.

In 2000, U.S. publication [http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/24/19/whittelsey2419.html In These Times] tested several brands of organic tea for pesticides, and found Yogi Tea to contain [[DDT]].

==Product==

The company produces over 50 blends of tea. These include 22 blends in their Healing Formulas line, 11 green teas, 9 exotic teas, 5 Women’s Healing Formulas, 3 organic chais, and 2 black teas. All the blends contain organic ingredients, but due to a lack of availability for some organic ingredients not all blends are entirely organic. The blends that are 95% organic have the USDA [[Organic certification|organic seal]]. Yogi Botanicals, who has a prohibition on [[Genetically modified organism|GMO]]s, organizes the growing and distribution of the organic herbs and spices required for the teas and [[Quality Assurance International]] acts as a third party certifier. The tea bags are 100% oxygen bleached and recyclable.

Today Yogi Tea has sales of over 40 million dollars annually.

==External links==
*[http://www.yogitea.com/ The Yogi Tea Company]

[[Category:Tea brands]]
[[Category:Companies based in Eugene, Oregon]]

[[de:Yogi-Tee]]

Archive:Aquamarine

2007-11-07T02:08:04Z

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{{otheruses1|the mineral}}
{{Infobox mineral
| name = Aquamarine, March's Birthstone
| category = beryl mineral variety
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| caption = Aquamarine
| formula = Be3Al2Si6O18<ref name="GRG"/>
| molweight =
| color = transparent (or can be translucent if included), greenish blue to blue green, typically light in tone<ref name="GRG">[[Gemological Institute of America]], ''GIA Gem Reference Guide'' 1995, ISBN:0-87311-019-6</ref>
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| fracture = [[conchoidal]]<ref name="GRG"/>
| mohs = 7.5 - 8<ref name="GRG"/>
| luster = [[vitreous]] to resinous<ref name="GRG"/>
| polish = [[vitreous]] <ref name="GRG"/>
| refractive = 1.577 - 1.583 (+/- .017)<ref name="GRG"/>
| opticalprop = Double refractive, uniaxial negative<ref name="GRG"/>
| birefringence = .005 - .009<ref name="GRG"/>
| dispersion = .014<ref name="GRG"/>
| pleochroism = weak to moderate, blue and greenish blue; or different tones of blue with lighter tones associated with the optic axis direction <ref name="GRG"/>
| fluorescence= inert<ref name="GRG"/>
| absorption = indistinct lines at 537 and 456nm. Depending on the depth of color, there is a strong line at 427nm.<ref name="GRG"/>
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[[Image:Beryl09.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Three Beryl Crystals - Aquamarine rough crystal in the center]]
'''Aquamarine''' (Lat. ''aqua marinā'', "water of the sea") is a [[gemstone]]-quality transparent variety of [[beryl]], having a delicate blue or turquoise color, suggestive of the tint of [[seawater]]. It's closely related to the gem [[emerald]]. Colors vary and yellow beryl, called ''[[heliodor]]''; rose pink beryl, ''[[morganite]]''; and white beryl, ''[[goshenite]]'' are known. Goshenite was first named in 1824 when Charles Swab was prospecting in the mountains of Florida. It is said that when we first found the gem, he remarked, "Gosh!" to his native guide. The guide promptly killed him and hit the rough specimen until 1984 when Sarah Conner found it and sold it to a shopping channel in a rural area of eastern Tennessee.

==Composition==
Aquamarine is a beryl with a [[Hexagonal (crystal system)|hexagonal]] [[crystal structure]] and a [[chemical formula]] of Be3Al2Si6O18, a [[beryllium]] [[aluminium]] [[Silicate minerals|silicate mineral]]. It has a [[specific gravity]] of 2.68 to 2.74 and a [[Mohs hardness]] of from 7.5 to 8. Aquamarine typically is on the low end of the specific gravity range, normally at less than 2.7. The pink variety exhibits a high specific gravity of around 2.8. [[Refractive index|Refractive indices]] range around 1.57 to 1.58.

==Locations of deposits==
It occurs at most localities which yield ordinary beryl, some of the finest coming from [[Russia]]. The gem-gravel [[Placer mining|placer]] deposits of [[Sri Lanka]] contain aquamarine. Clear yellow beryl, such as occurs in [[Brazil]], is sometimes called aquamarine chrysolite. When [[corundum]] presents the bluish tint of typical aquamarine, it is often termed Oriental aquamarine.

In the [[United States]], aquamarines can be found at the summit of [[Mount Antero|Mt. Antero]] in the [[Sawatch Range]] in central [[Colorado]]. In [[Brazil]], there are mines in the states of [[Minas Gerais]], [[Espírito Santo]] and [[Bahia]]. Zambia also produces nice aquamarine as well as Madagascar, Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya. Much of today's aquamarine is heated to give it a better color blue. The deeper the blue color, the more valuable the gem is considered.

The biggest aquamarine ever mined was found at the city of Marambaia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 1910. It weighed over 110 kg, and its dimensions were 48.5 cm long and 42 cm in diameter.

Aquamarine is the [[List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones|official state gem]] of Colorado.

==Culture and historical/mythical usage==
*Aquamarine (along with Bloodstone) is the [[birthstone]] associated with March. It is also the gemstone for the 19th Anniversary.
*People in the [[Middle Ages]] thought that aquamarine could magically overcome the effects of [[poison]].
*Ancient sailors traveled with aquamarine crystals, believing that it would ensure a safe passage, and often slept with the stones under their pillow to ensure sound sleep. They believed the siren’s ([[mermaid]]) fish-like lower body was made of aquamarine.

== See also ==
{{commonscat|Aquamarine}}
* [[List of minerals]]

== References ==
<references/>
* Weinstein, Michael, 1958, ''The World of Jewel Stones'' Sheriden House, New York, pp 104-107
* Diamond Bug. [http://diamondbug.blogspot.com/2006/03/flawless-aquamarine-march-birthstone.html "Flawless Aquamarine: March Birthstone"]. Retrieved March 16, 2006.
*http://www.gemstone.org/gem-by-gem/english/aquamarine.html
*http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/gemstone/aquamari/aquamari.htm
*http://www.mindat.org/min-289.html

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